Wace; Werth; Wirth; Worth
amphiaster; diaster; double star; visual double
place; European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa); plaice
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
comprehensive medical check-up; thorough physical examination
the positive and the negative
to live through; to survive
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother
tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
merry voices (e.g. of children playing)
tens of thousands of years
to need; to demand; to take; to require
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
just; fair; proper; reasonable
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
divine spirit; spirit of the dead
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
victory celebration party; victory banquet
resonance; sympathetic vibration
comic books; comics; comic; comical
magical power; mystical force
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance