being very busy; busyness
vengeful spirit of a rice paddy's former owner (by artist Toriyama Sekien)
secret; private matter; confidential matter
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
wicked thought; wicked mind
summer plumage; nuptial plumage
cloth dyed in a dappled pattern; pattern of white spots; dapples; mochi containing red bean paste; (arch.) fawn
supernatural tanuki (Japanese folklore)
change; alteration; substitute; spare; replacement; proxy
calculus (concretion of minerals formed inside the body)
unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
thickly; stickily; viscously
how many? (large animals)
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
confidentially; privately; off the record
being produced in a particular region; local specialty
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
number of (large) animals
to be torn off; to come off
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
working in the fields; working on a farm
returning from school; going home from school
to become misty; to become hazy
hard worker; hardworking person
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
retort; back talk; backchat