cane; walking stick; staff; wand
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about
Toriyama Sekien (1712-1788)
creation of heaven and earth
(arch.) Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); (arch.) Onogoro Island; Japan
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
hades; realm of the dead; the next world
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
decomposition; ulceration
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to be hot on a person's heels
three times; thrice; third (musical interval)
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
homely woman; plain-looking woman; female demon
to affect; to impact; to influence
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to state; to express; to mention
Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
hades; realm of the dead; the next world
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
accurate; correct; precise; exact