millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
grey moustache; white beard
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
seventh day of the month; seven days
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to escape death; to be saved from death
thin rice gruel; rice water
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
opposite bank; farther shore
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
Shōki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons; Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)
to bring back; to restore
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful