treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; inexperienced (in love); innocent; naive
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryō system); provincial capital
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
water's edge; beach; foreshore
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
travelling expenses; traveling expenses
tucking up the hem of one's garments
gaiters; leggings; puttees
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
stepwise; one step at a time
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)