haori (Japanese formal coat)
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
of course; certainly; naturally
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
call; summons; call; invocation; 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)
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
to push away; to push aside; to shove
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
mouth of a river; lower stream
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
levying; requisitioning; compulsory enlistment; recruitment; conscription
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
chonmage; topknot hairstyle worn by men in the Edo period, and sumo wrestlers today; please do (for me)
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
notebook; account book; register
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
nowadays; these days; at present
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops