merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to lead into; to draw into
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
store; shop; stoa (classical Greek colonnade or portico); store; Stoic
imperturbability; steadfastness; cool head in an emergency; keeping one's calm (e.g. during a fight)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
training; education; development; cultivation
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
workman; craftsman; laborer; labourer; artisan
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
unproductive; counterproductive
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
The Decameron; Il Decamerone
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
romantic school; romanticism
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme