selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
influential person; man of importance
no sleep or rest; working day and night
discussion; argument; debate
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)
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
passage; path; route; one's way
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to pierce through; to break through
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
proposal; offer; request; application
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
passionate; ardent; enthusiastic
to do together; to share; to participate in
center; centre; metropolis
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)