field; sphere; realm; division; branch
citing copious references
established practice; custom
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
bashfulness; shyness; (showing) signs of embarrassment
slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
long talk; long-winded speech
very; much; greatly; a lot of
derailment; digression; deviation
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet
to put one's strength into
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
Yama; judge of the afterlife
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
one's original family name; maiden name
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience)
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
superficial knowledge; smatterer
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
on the occasion of; at the time of
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)