night travel; walking around at night; night train; nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.
level ground; plain; flatland
(a place) within one's reach
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
substitution; alternative; substitute
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
folklore studies; folkloristics
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
construction; architecture (of buildings)
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
(stone) guardian lion-dogs at a Shinto shrine
for one person; made for one person
travelling alone; solitary journey
to watch intently; to stare
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)