condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
old friend; old acquaintance
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
mountain range; mountain belt
Niigata (city, prefecture)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
stopping at; going no further than
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean
more and more; increasingly; all the more
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
surface mail (ship); sea mail; ferry service; steamer service
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to be summoned (i.e. of a geisha, by a customer); to be offered (the job of ...); to be invited (to do ...)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
visiting an island; trip to an island
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate