inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
to have meaning; to be meaningful
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
short joke; quick one-liner; one-shot joke
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
individual; private person; personal; private
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
feng shui; fengshui; wind and water
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to be born; to come into the world
to spread; to be propagated
no matter how much time passes
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
how long; how far; how much
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
folklore studies; folkloristics
to correct oneself; to restate
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit