to get (become) acquainted; to get to know; to get (become) intimate with; to become friendly with; to become friends
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
(historical) investigation
psychiatry; psychiatric department
coincident with; while; simultaneously
folklore studies; folkloristics
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
European countries; European nations
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.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to hunt up; to locate; to inquire out
San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)
possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
snake; serpent; large snake
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
lately; recently; nowadays
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to be infected; to be contagious
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of