being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
to put (up) in the wrong place; to hang in the wrong place; to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
parallel world; parallel universe
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
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 stay indoors; to be confined indoors
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
being left out; being ostracized
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to smirk; to grin broadly
good humour (humor); good mood
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to grow up; to become an adult
torii; Shinto shrine archway
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
New Year's period (January 1 to 3)
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
this occasion; at this time; now
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; second marriage; remarriage
ability; capability; skill
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted