lineage; line; unification; all (of you)
sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year)
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
to visit repeatedly (to request)
back street; back alley; slums
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
in addition; besides this; twice
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to send or direct a person to
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
defamation; libel; calumny; slander
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
bombastic; pretentious; exaggerated
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture
here and there; in places
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
bonsai; miniature potted plant
heading; headline; index; headword
one night; all night; overnight; one evening