yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
to have a talk; to tell a story
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
(how) many times; (how) often
departure for a specified destination
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
river; stream; River; the ... river
main force; chief object; mainline
until now; so far; up to the present
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
those (near the second person)
moment by moment; hour by hour
advance; moving forward; progress
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
incessant; uninterrupted; continuous
settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; composure; calmness
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
secret understanding; collusion
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period