hard struggle; strenuous effort
founder; organizer; organiser
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
pure and good; unmixed and of high quality; good-natured; genuine; wholesome
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
strange tale; curious report; strange report
representative; exemplary; model
Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku
information; news; report; reward; retribution
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
romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
occult; transcendental; supernaturalness; supernaturalism; supernaturality
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
foot; tootsie; tootsy; toddle; walk
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up