true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
transfer; transport; removal
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to stiffen; to become stiff
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
pre-war days; before the war
postwar period; period after Second World War
to do for (the sake of someone else)
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
by sheer strength; by brute force
to step over or across; to overcome
at first; in the beginning; originally
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
as far as the eye can see
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
thousands; several thousand
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
order; discipline; regularity; system; method