tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
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)
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
technique; art; skill; move
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
whenever you want; any time you like
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
motherland; fatherland; native country
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down