Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to be boiled; to be cooked
surroundings; circumference
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
hinoki leaf; hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata); small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)
to boil; to come to a boil; to seethe (with rage, etc.); to be furious
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
slowly and quietly; smoothly
manner of using one's hands
resembling a noh performance
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
thereupon; therefore; because of that
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
direct proportion; direct ratio
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
each time; frequently; always
the other day; some time ago; recently
long ago; a long time ago; already