old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
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)
family; relatives; dependents; household
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to incur someone's enmity
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
tenant (usu. office block, shopping center, etc.)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
how many years; how long; what year
to recover consciousness; to come to
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to die; (lit.) to become bones
three days and three nights
residence; living (at, in); abode
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
a few seconds; several seconds
to collect information; to gather knowledge