to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
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)
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
training; education; development; cultivation
training; drill; practice; discipline
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
fertile; rich; productive
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
casting; founding; minting
plate armor; plate armour
to temper thoroughly; to train well