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safe

height

healthy

how much

stature

stout-hearted

solid

stormy and full of drama

square jō (approx. 10 sq feet)

elder

three-quarter length (usu. clothing)

Hachijō dialects

plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)

An Account of My Hut (1212 collection of essays in the Buddhist eremitic tradition, by Kamo no Chome)

one jō and six shaku (4.85m)

heroine

secure

reassuring

as (much) as possible

as (much) as possible

hurrah!

tall

one's whole heart

comparison of statures

all (that one has)

all that one has

thick black silk from Hachijo Island

good-looking man

length (of clothing)

stature

dress length

high-handed

wife's mother

Pure Rules of Huaihai (set of monastery regulations said to have been written by Baizhang Huaihai)

in high spirits

over ten feet

yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)

many years of stress and anxiety (as would cause one's hair to grow white)

as one would expect from ...

Morus kagayamae (species of mulberry)

great man

plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)

to shorten (a garment)

rice plant's height

chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana)

rising cloud of (yellowish) dust

height from the ground to a building's eaves

striped Hachijo silk cloth

that much

a small leak will sink a great ship

length of a sleeve (of Western clothing)

to this extent

knee-length (clothing)