isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
magistrate; shogunate administrator
Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office); samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)
military officer; naval officer
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
old men; elders; seniors; veterans
large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)
high rice field; very fertile rice field
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot