to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
kuda-gitsune; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses; stoat
ahead; before; the future; pardon me for leaving (first)
(arch.) leader of a nobleman's cavalcade; animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox)
pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
abuse; misuse; perversion
possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit
superstition; superstitious belief
slope; sloping ground; sloping lot
the reason is ...; it is because ...
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
two years later; year after next
every evening; every night
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
stock-still; motionless; frozen in place
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
madness; craziness; insanity
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
immediately; instantly; right away; suddenly; abruptly; all of a sudden
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
incident involving killing and wounding; attack resulting in casualties
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
one's own child; one's own children
young; innocent; childlike
14th day of the month; 14 days
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
human intellect; knowledge
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast