large or bulky book or volume
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
plot; conspiracy; conference
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
prayer (for something); supplication
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
another company; other company
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
honorable post; honourable post
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
fabrication; lie; fiction
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
villa; another line of work
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
old chronicle; old record
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
casual; indifferent; nonchalant
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to entwine; to entangle; to connect; to relate
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country