one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
apparently; appears to be
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
complete change; about-face
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to name; to call; to christen; to term
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
kuda-gitsune; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses; stoat
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
January; first month of the lunar calendar
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
folklore studies; folkloristics
Tanigawa Ken'ichi (1921.7-)
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
kuda-gitsune; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses; stoat
to carry around; to carry on one's person
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit
author; writer; novelist; artist
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with