layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
decoration; ornament; trimmings
had better ...; had better not ...
control; check; restraint; inhibition
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
abundant harvest; bumper crop
prayer (for something); supplication
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
vengeful ghost; avenging spirit; apparition
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
many; much; plenty; hardly
ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
spirit residing in the ground
incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)
tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; bragging; conceit; braggart
mountain folk; hermit; mountain wizard; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider); tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
story featuring metamorphosis
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
failure; mistake; blunder
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just
to not understand what someone is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
stifled (laughter); simmering
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification