cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
juvenile division (police); juvenile section
to go viral; to make a buzz (on the Internet)
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
gigantic peak; kyoho grape; large purple-black slip-skin grape variety, like Concord grapes
the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)
first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
rivers and mountains; landscape
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
mass-produced arrows; arrows for target practice
file cabinet; filing cabinet; shelf of documents
going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)
stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred
co-op; (consumers') cooperative
variety show (e.g. on TV)
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
magnifying glass; magnifier; loupe
door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette
necromancy; spiritism; spiritualism
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
water's edge; beach; shore
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
landscape photograph; scenic photograph
end of consecutive holidays
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
staff with plaited paper streamers
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
village office; local administration office in a village
place of refuge; refugee destination
contributor (of written material)