subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
with a sudden rush; in a mad rush; all at once
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to write down; to record; to register
finishing blow; coup de grâce
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
desperation; struggle to the death
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
(arch.) eight ata (approx. 144 cm); large; long
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
that day; the very same day
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin