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Southeast Asia

1

distribution; allocation

1

Indonesia

1

Halmahera (island)

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

3

both feet; both legs

2

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

Ambon (Indonesia)

1

Island; insula; island; islet

2

hair (of the head)

1

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

1

fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

4

armpit; axilla

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

1

to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul

1

to wander; to roam from place to place

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

2

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

2

Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku

1

Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore; woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth

1

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

4

Matsue (city in Shimane)

2

coffin; casket

2

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)

1

ferriage

1

six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

2

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

2

male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man

7

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

Koizumi Yakumo

1

Lafcadio

1

khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

famous; fame

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

3

folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore

1

Kyoto Prefecture

1

Kyoutoshihigashiyamaku

1

the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)

1

intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street

1

every place; various places

5

cultural sphere

1

universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous

1

folklore studies; folkloristics

3

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

3