dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
(religious) faith; belief; creed
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
Jizō (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
stone statue of Jizō (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to cover fully; to wrap around
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north