so; like this; in this way
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
moaning; muttering; complaining
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
directions; instructions; orders; command
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself; (lit.) to turn out well (of a child)
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
loitering on the way; wayside grass
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
instar (developmental stage of arthropods); age; years
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
fox with supernatural powers
action of making something; -ification
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
calamity; disaster; accident
to bring; to take; to bring about