Iomante; Ainu ceremony in which a brown bear is raised for two years and then sacrificed
inaw (ritual wood shaving stick used in Ainu prayers to the spiritual world.)
oneiromancy; dream fortune-telling
exemplar; model; example; pattern
traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi
god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; (arch.) fool; curved gutter
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)
god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)
don't do anything rash!; keep composed!
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
overreliance on others; excessive babyishness; spoiled person (esp. child)
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
god of war; (fig.) war hero
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology