protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to settle (in a place); to settle down
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
woman who brings the rain with her wherever she goes; woman who is constantly unlucky with the weather
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
akaname; Japanese creature said to lick filth in bathrooms
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
lantern ghost; demonic lantern
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
the eight precepts (the five precepts with the addition of prohibitions against lying in a luxurious bed, self-decoration, song and dance, and eating after noon)
opening a meeting; first meeting
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
Sha Wujing; Sandy (character from the Chinese novel Journey to the West)
the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
to fan; to incite; to instigate
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)