to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
stationery shop; a stationer
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)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
deputy head teacher; vice principal
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
X; x; unknown quantity; an unknown
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
plural; multiple; several
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
to rebuke; to scold harshly
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
urgent; requiring quick (response)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)