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)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
with these words; while saying
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
but; however; provided that
although I say; although one might say; although called
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
such ... as; or some such
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
in comparison to; rather than
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial