(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
(arch.) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku
hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; rubbing sticks to make a fire
to that degree; that much; a lot; very much
Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
Heike family; Taira family
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
overlapping; piling; stacking
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
to accord someone every courtesy
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof