person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to knock down; to bring down
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
that's the way it is; such is life
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (incl. ex-convicts and vagrants); non-human
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
exactly; precisely; (arch.) correct; (arch.) right; (arch.) greater (of equal court ranks); (arch.) upper
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); female defloration
chivalrous spirit; heroic defence of the weak; chivalrous man; ruffian who acts under the pretence of chivalry
clothes for doing farm work or working in fields
memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
confused; flustered; at a loss
how can (one) do something
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
rice miso; miso fermented with malted rice
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest; Mount Fangzhang (said to be inhabited by immortals); Mount Fanghu
to shut in; to confine; to surround
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)
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
death by crushing; being crushed to death
autumn at harvest time; fall at harvest time
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to give; to let one have; to do for one
the people; citizens; the populace
(political) power; authority; influence
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
regulations for the preservation of law and order
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
revision; amendment; alteration
what's what; heads or tails