gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
rapid development; rapid unfolding
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
(animal making a) monstrous apparition
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune; resentful complaint
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
change in appearance; transformation
to repeat; to do something over again
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
survival; survivor; relic
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
at once; immediately; right now
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up