hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
commander; general; leader
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
the present year; at that time
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
foster father; adoptive father
starvation; famine; hunger
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
to cut down all; to slash promiscuously
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
whitebait; elver (young eel)
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
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
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)