loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root
time limit; closing day; deadline
to go viral; to make a buzz (on the Internet)
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
wild chrysanthemum; aster
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world
marshy rice field or paddy
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
later on; eventually; afterwards
to delight; to give pleasure
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
long ago; once upon a time
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)