mountain folk; hermit; mountain wizard; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.
level ground; plain; flatland
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
truth is stranger than fiction
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku
once upon a time; a long time ago
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
modest; reserved; discreet; careful; prudent; circumspect
very hungry; starving; ravenous
rather; sooner; preferably
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to melt together; to blend together
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
innermost depths of one's heart
folklore studies; folkloristics
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
and yet; despite (all) that
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
spasmodic; erratic; fitful; sporadic
natural person; person unspoiled by civilization; noble savage; natural person; physical person
living together; communal life; cohabitation
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
gods of the land; earthly deities
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to be mixed in with; to blend with
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to accept; to receive; to agree
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
thinking of; hitting upon
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
this; our; right; justice; checking account