isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
tall figure; high stature
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
fiction writer; dime novelist
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
interval; break; pause; spare moment
everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
dry riverbed; river beach
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
continuation; succession; series
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
(beautiful) scenery; natural beauty
opening a book; opening (part) of a book
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money