with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to take flight; to disappear
retreating figure; appearance from behind
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
so-and-so; who?; which people?
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
keeping house; being confined to one's house
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
stealthily; secretly; in secret
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
originally; by nature; from the start
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
talented person; clever person
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
(government) inspector-general (Edo period); upper superintendent officer
upper reaches of a river; upstream
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
to entrust; to leave to a person