gaiters; leggings; puttees
sitting with one's legs out to one side
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to waste time; to kill time
flippant; saucy; know-all
brazen (esp. of a woman's behavior); bold; rough; violent; person who eats or entertains without paying; freeloading sightseer
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
land near a castle; castle town
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
virgin; innocent young woman
distinction; difference (between two things); sense of propriety; proper conduct (according to social or moral norms); accountability; taking clear responsibility (for a fault or failing)
requiring little trouble; untouched
innocent girl; naive girl; virgin
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
pointing out; identification
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
insight; power of observation
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
that kind; competition; match
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
to fall in love (with); to love
to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to become hot (from the sun)
deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman