subspace (in science fiction); space free from the laws of physics
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4) on which a bean scattering ceremony is held; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
powerful local clan; local strongman
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu); Kumaso (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture)
Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider); tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki (earliest historical records of Japan)
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
eastern expedition; military campaign to the east
Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
Kibi (former province located in present-day Okayama and parts of Hiroshima, Hyōgo and Kagawa prefectures; later split into Bizen, Bitchu and Bingo provinces)
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
suppression (of a rebellion, civil war, etc.); restoration of law and order; subjugation; conquering
conquest; subjugation; overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill)
Mishihase (ancient ethnic group of people who lived in northern Japan)
unwilling to submit; unsubmissive; disobedient
other; another; over; more than; I; me