to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
three persons; three parties
using as an intermediary; through
onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia)
to put on heavy makeup; to powder heavily; to paint thickly; to paint beautifully
Brahman; Brahma; Brahma; Hindu creator god; Sanskrit
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
something like ...; something called ...
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
threat; intimidation; menace
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to stare back (at); to glare back
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
unstable state; metastable state; quasistable state
vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
incidentally; at the same time
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
spare time; free time; leisure time
tower-shaped wooden talisman; apron-shaped straw deity to ward off disease