The troubles of keeping a kitsune that has probably lived when Minamoto was still on the first seat of the bakufu... especially a stacked one.

How long until this happens?

Bumping this one for completion.

Deathmatcher said:

Bumping this one for completion.

Yes please.

CookieLoop said:

Yes please.

Ditto

bumpity

I'm not sure of a decent way to translate そなた without just lumping for the dear/beloved/darling set.

Paracite said:

I'm not sure of a decent way to translate そなた without just lumping for the dear/beloved/darling set.

Well, it literally means "Hey, you!" (with the よ at the end), but with an archaic pronoun (that is usually used to refer to someone of an inferior status, but in a lightly respectful manner).

If I want to go all Shakespearean I'll go: "What sayest thou, sirrah;", ending with a semicolon and proceeding from there. "Sirrah" captures the essence of "sonata" somewhat well when used for a man, as it reflects that the addressee is younger and/or of lower status than the speaker.

(Sirrah does imply some degree of contempt though. Then again "sonata" used in the modern age also has that connotation.)

That said, some writers are known to use it (somewhat inaccurately) as a pseudo-archaic form of "anata"/"dear", so your interpretation is valid as well.

NNescio said:

That said, some writers are known to use it (somewhat inaccurately) as a pseudo-archaic form of "anata"/"dear", so your interpretation is valid as well.

Which is totally what Kohaku is using it as - as an archaic term of endearment.