Ogasawara-ryu (school of etiquette); punctilious etiquette; Ogasawara-ryu (school of archery, incl. horseback archery); Ogasawara-ryu (school of military strategy)
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
origin; fundamental element
to vie with one's opponent
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
to eat too much; to overeat
sobering up; method of sobering up
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
closely-guarded secret; top secret
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
large crowd; mass of people
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
elevation; height above sea level
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
hills and fields; hill and dale
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death