vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
remote mountain; mountain recesses
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
obstacle to Buddhist practice
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
giving orders to someone and making use of him; servant
god's majesty; god's authority; might of Heaven
proclamation; dissemination; promulgation
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
prayer (for something); supplication
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to locate; to track down; to seek out
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
bringing; taking; carrying
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery
to write down; to note; to remember
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
to report; to inform; to repay; to return; to requite
religious abstinence; purification
kimono and ancient head-dress
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass