birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain (Edo period); change of constituency (politician); change of district
suddenly; all of a sudden
to make an appearance; to show up
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
successor; replacement; second wife
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
physical; bodily; corporeal
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; (lit.) the nose and eyes are in place
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; incarnation; transformation
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
attending (upon); keeping another company
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
bishop's staff; khakkhara
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
out of sight; in the background; unnoticed; (lit.) under the veranda
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds