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)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
inspection; checking (goods, products)
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
making a loss; incurring a deficit
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
compensation for eviction; compensation for forced removal
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
town; city; municipal; urban
modernization; modernisation
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
takeover (of a company, etc.); hijacking
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
stubborn person; obstinate person; pig-headed person
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
to turn against; to become an enemy
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
man's weeping (esp. of someone not prone to tears)
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
agricultural technology; farming techniques
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
(brute) force; using all one's might
(single) bean; pea; something very small; tiny speck
to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered