to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
gore; triangular piece of fabric, used for making skirts, umbrellas, etc.
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
favourable wind; favorable wind
leaving everything up to someone else
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
Ōsumi (former province located in the east of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture, including the Amami Islands)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
in the face of; in defiance of
resolution; vote; decision
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health