unveiling a Buddhist image; public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden; opening a gambling house; holding a gambling party
lung disease; chest trouble; pulmonary tuberculosis
transfer; assignment; conveyance
inheritance; something given or received
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
major earthquake; large earthquake
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
being startled; getting a shock
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
warp; curvature; curve; arch
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to examine someone's expression
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
hokora; small wayside shrine
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
string made from twisted paper
if you curse someone, dig two graves