ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
front; frontage; facade; main
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
senior envoy; chief delegate
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
real intention; true motive; true meaning
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
intimidation; threat; bluster
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
damp; moist (negative nuance)
to squeeze out; to wring out
tension; mental strain; nervousness
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
hoarse voice; husky voice
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
tone (of voice); manner of talking
close-cropped hair; shaven head
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)