to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
beginning; opening; start; outset
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
literary style; classical style
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
determination; resolution
business trip; official trip
old character form; kyūjitai; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun); in the ascendant
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
difficult to read (kanji, name, etc.); having difficult-to-read kanji
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
1000 ri; (a) long distance
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
supernatural power; divine power; magical power
all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of a country; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
to be easily mistaken for (something else); to be indistinguishable from; to look just like; (arch.) to intermingle; (arch.) to be in disorder; (arch.) to be in disarray
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
Nagano (city, prefecture)
in the mountains; among the mountains
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
to make sure of the truth
other than; excluding; without
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself