to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
occasional; infrequent; rare
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to say; to tell; to state; to do
folklore studies; folkloristics
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
Orikuchi Shinobu (1887.2.11-1953.9.3)
Kunio Yanagita (1875.7.31-1962.8.8; folklorist)
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
viceroy; governor-general
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
land reclamation (from sea)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
Japan's best; number one in Japan
to try to do; to attempt to do