to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
few decades; many decades; several decades
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
bloodsucking; sucking blood
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
how many months?; how long?
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
blood relationship; blood relative
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
manners; courtesy; etiquette
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person