secret understanding; collusion; betrayal
failure; mistake; blunder
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
moving about; stirring about
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
standard; set; routine; decided
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
... (years old) this year
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
competent; suitable; qualified
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
killing two birds with one stone
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way