protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to carry out one's mission
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
preparation; arrangements
living room (Western style); sitting room
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
sunburn; suntan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. of paper); yellowing; drying up (of a river, field, etc.)
reading aloud; recitation
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
to finish reading; to read through
long ago; once upon a time
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
reading (a book) out loud; reading (to children)
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
story; tale; talk; discussion
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
something; some kind of; for some reason