thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about
All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969
U.S. forces; American military
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to be perturbed; to be agitated
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
(religious) faith; belief; creed
footprint of the Buddha carved in stone
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
footprint; soleprint; last; wooden mold for shoes or tabi (mould)
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu
though one didn't intend (expect) to
caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
passions; sexual desire; lust
to wash away; to rinse off
remote past; far ago; time immemorial