suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
government office; agency; board
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
Emperor Ichijou; Ichijou Tenno (980-1011 CE, reigning: 986-1011 CE)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to temper a sword; to forge a sword
alone; by oneself; on one's own
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
reason; cause; circumstances
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
bureau director; office chief
bravery; courage; heroism
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
trivial; not amounting to much
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
manly; masculine; like a man
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough