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)
heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
specimen; sample; object to be examined
medical world; medical circles; medical community
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
dissection; autopsy; analysis
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
itching-to-grab gesture (made with one's hands)
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
precision instrument or machine
something small; something petty; trifle
stab wound; puncture wound
stomach ache; abdominal pain
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
cultivation; nurture; culture
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
inexcusable; unjustifiable; sorry; remorseful; excuse me; (I'm) sorry
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
blood and iron; military might
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)