to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
(arch.) red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); deer
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); (arch.) clan
duty; function; office; mission; task
collection of stories (esp. myths, legends, etc.)
set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryōiki
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
to get between; to be caught in
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
fairyland; enchanted land
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued