leader; chief; head; (another person's) head
moving; touching; stirring
looking on from afar; being a spectator
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
24 hours; twenty-four hours
order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
scriptures; canon; teaching guide
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)
barrier-free (planned or designed to facilitate accessibility for the elderly and disabled)
world's first; first in the world
advanced; pioneering; cutting-edge
to schedule; to plan; to arrange
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
ha-ha; with a hearty laugh; panting; with heavy, rapid breathing (from exertion, fear, etc.)
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...