tourist bus; sightseeing bus
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)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
monetary offering; offertory
to throw into; to dump in together
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
hey there; I say; see here
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to jar; to creak; to grate
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
world peace; peace of the world
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
cooking; food preparation
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
to run out (e.g. of the room)