groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
original intention; initial resolution
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
water's edge; beach; foreshore
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
travelling expenses; traveling expenses
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
tucking up the hem of one's garments
gaiters; leggings; puttees
magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?