incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
large tengu; powerful tengu; big braggart; blowhard
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
the other day; a few days ago
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
thousand years; many years
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to visit frequently; to haunt
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
jokingly; in the form of a joke
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
not worth doing; waste of effort
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
and yet; though; when; in spite of
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
cooperation; collaboration
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
it hasn't been long since
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
difficult to ...; hard to ...
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to be frank; to drop all pretense
story; tale; talk; discussion
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity