Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
wearing wooden clogs; floatplane
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
large cloth sack; baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)
shoe sore; foot blister (caused by shoes)
to limp; to drag one's feet
physique; physical standard; physical condition; posture; (body) position; sexual position
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
tucking up the hem of one's garments
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
monpe; (women's) baggy work pants gathered at the ankles
derailment; digression; deviation
praise; worship; adoration; glorification
at the time; in those days; then
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
symposium; round-table discussion
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to talk; to chat; to chatter
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
work clothes; business suit
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
popular name; common name; given name
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
work hakama for use in the snow
elegance; taste; refinement
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...