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)
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
such; like that; that sort of; very
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
tenth day of the month; ten days