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 be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
killing time; staving off boredom
chance; opportunity; occasion
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
while fumbling one's words; with a stutter
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
adhesion (e.g. of lipstick); density (e.g. of leaves on a tree); saturation (e.g. of a color); attachment quality; degree
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
smuggling vessel; vessel used for smuggling; smuggler
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to bail out (water); to scoop out
(very) patient; persevering
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
useless; no good; hopeless; cannot; must not; not allowed
(for the) first time in one's life
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously