plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
Island; insula; island; islet
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
pardon; remission; amnesty
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
sudden impulse; passing fancy
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)
knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; arrest; rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
unkempt hair; disheveled hair; tousled hair
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
conviction; belief; confidence
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)