woman with a wonderful personality
Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)
miyamairi; newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born); visiting a shrine
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
nonexistence or existence; absence or presence
suffering pain; experiencing hardship
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave
stingfish; scorpion fish; stonefish
Momotarou (legendary Japanese folk-tale hero)
about here; in this neighborhood
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
unmarried person living affluently
Sanders; Sandders; Sunders
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
no; no; without; not needed
Yama; judge of the afterlife
two-top (soccer formation); formation with two forwards at the front line
inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
homely woman; plain-looking woman; female demon
dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
low-ranking prison guard; hell's tormenting devils
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
evening; last night; yesterday evening
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
soft and fluffy (e.g. hair)