lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
picture of Hell; painting representing Hell
udon served in a pot with broth
memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
take care of it; I'll leave it up to you; do as you see fit
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
second anniversary of a death
feigned; pretending (not to know)
cobia (Rachycentron canadum); sergeant fish
cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks; settling scores
vaccination; inoculation; immunization; immunisation
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
bribe; money under the table
demoness; witch; ogress; married woman
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
in; on; at; during; in the condition of