source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
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.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
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
standing up (without any support); standing
foot; tootsie; tootsy; toddle; walk
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
with a collapse; with a slump
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
phase; aspect; field; side
four (long cylindrical things)
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to urinate; to pee; to piss
to become inverted; to become reversed
to ask; to enquire; to query
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
notes; comment; remark; annotation