travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
(not so) much; (not) very
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
expression; look; countenance; face
to take over; to hand over
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
right beside; close to; nearby
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
(made of) stone; stone-built
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
aging; wearing out; deterioration
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
the opposite direction; the other way
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate