意味論: semantics

宮下: a surname

民話: folktale, fairy tale

蛇: snake / 椐:

見ていた: perfective of 見ている

見ている: present continuous of 見る

色紙:

discrimination

味: (after an i-adjective stem) -ness; used for "quality" of being, as opposed to suffix さ (sa), also translated as -ness, used for "degree" of being

(after verbs with opposite meanings in the ren'yōkei continuative or -zu negative continuative) indicates alternation of action or state, equivalent to the modern expression …たり…たり (…tari …tari)