to pick up; to find; to gather
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
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)
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to look around; to look towards (us)
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
ruler's orders; master's orders
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
middle of the night; dead of night
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf