really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
swallowing; understanding; comprehension; apprehension
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
one's person; around one's person
Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
stranger; person from another place
genuine autograph; genuine article
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to feel relieved; to forget about one's troubles; to settle into peace of mind
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; (lit.) in a grove
stupa; pagoda; wooden grave tablet
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; opening performer; sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
embankment made of earth; bank; levee