nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
cold; coldness; chilliness
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
refugee; exile; displaced persons
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
now that; since; as long as; provided that
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
drawing water; black cotton hat (used as a prop)
20th day of the month; 20 days
entry into a castle (esp. by a conquering force)
you; (arch.) your residence
post horse; mounted courier; express messenger on horseback; fast horse; swift horse
inside the kindergarten; inside the zoo; inside the garden; inside the park
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets; delivering a letter
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
insolent fellow; rude fellow
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to slap down; to knock down; to floor
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
oblong; landscape orientation
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
supporter; adherent; proponent; backer