a male given name

two daughters / the second daughter

elderly / grandparents

(Japanese folklore) Shapeshifting monster, 妖怪 (yōkai), which for a ruse takes the form of either a helpless baby or tiny old man, crying near woodland trails and crushes passersby who stop to help as it transforms to devour them.

(literary) self-possessed; composed; collected; calm and at ease

common-law marriage

preface by the author / prefacing one's book

(anatomy) tragus

fact; truth; reality / (as a) a matter of fact, actually, the fact (of the matter)

fact-finding