talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
successively; one after another
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
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)
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
flying column; detached force
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; screech (of a bird); scream; yawp
to claim victims; to cause casualties
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
high alert; severe warning
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
back street; back alley; off-street
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
fire brigade (pre-WWII Japan)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate
order; directive; instructions; command
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
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
standard; set; routine; decided
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")