local Shinto deity; tutelary god
relation; connection; affinity
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
Department of Divinities (1868-1871); (arch.) Department of Worship (under the ritsuryo system)
firm; strong; solid; stable
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
rope; cord; policeman's rope
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
to slap; to strike; to spank
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
double suicide; lovers' suicide
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
every street corner; every crossing
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
house; dwelling; human habitation
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune