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)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
lazy; idle; indolence; laziness; sloth
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
mountain range; mountain belt
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
even though things may appear this way
special; particular; peculiar; unique
alternately; by turns; one after the other
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
determination; resolution
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
victim; injured party; sufferer
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
dealing with; coping with
separate case; another matter
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly