talk; dialogue; conversation
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to have guts; to be unwavering in one's resolution
attendant; valet; servant; follower
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
metal sake jug; sake warmer
decoration; ornament; trimmings
abundant harvest; bumper crop
vengeful ghost; avenging spirit; apparition
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
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.
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)
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
story featuring metamorphosis
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
order of chivalry; chivalric order
mason; stonemason; stonecutter
source of funds; resources; finances
different culture; foreign culture
this family; our family; this house; we
grim; stern; stark; heartless
root; source; origin; cause
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
construction; establishment
simmer; bubble out; flow out
limbs; arms and legs; body
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
tabi; traditional split-toe socks
night soil; muck; filth; dirt
creakily; with a grating sound; packed full; crammed; with no room to spare