branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
to serve; to work for; to attend
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
body of a snake; serpentine
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
sixth day of the month; six days
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
same as above; ditto; ibid.
resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy
many; a lot; much; multitude
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman
wet nurse; nursing mother
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
front of (the main building of) a shrine
miraculous spring or fountain
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
on the sea; surface of the sea
big tiger; drinker; staggering drunkard
spring water; clear (pure) water
wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)