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)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to be damaged; to receive damage
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
weather; climate; disposition; temperament
to begin; to set about; to start
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
declaration; proclamation; announcement
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
alone; by oneself; on one's own
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking