eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
houses and inhabitants; population
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
northern part; the north (of a region)
very long period; forever; eight thousand years
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
gummi; gummi candy; gummi drop
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to lure someone; to entice someone
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
charm; incantation; spell; curse
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
everywhere; at every turn
stone (used for throwing)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
extermination; expulsion; destruction
(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits
to look after (often medically); to take care of
Ōei era (1394.7.5-1428.4.27)
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
two (long cylindrical things)
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
red-horned demon; red ogre
(horned) blue demon; blue ogre
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
questions and answers; dialogue
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout