hypothesis; supposition; assumption
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
town girl; girl raised in a town
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
house; dwelling; human habitation
detour; circumvention; turning movement
witnessing; observing; sighting
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
to be satisfied (with); to find satisfactory
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
reality; actuality; hard fact
self-satisfaction; rejoicing
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
detour; diversion; alternative route
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
innermost depths of one's heart
hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
cannot be compared with; no match for