demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
grip (of hand); grip strength
blow; hit (on the body); beating
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
large number (of); many; majority
tradition; legend; folklore
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
along the river; riverside
calamity; disaster; accident
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
January; first month of the lunar calendar
eighth day of the month; eight days
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
to put on (of clothing); (lit.) to put (arms) through sleeves
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
first shrine visit of New Year
dressed up (in fine clothes)
guess; speculation; supposition
being left out; being ostracized
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
graduation ceremony; commencement
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
to throw into; to dump in together