(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
(head) priest; head priest of the Ise Shrine
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
staff with plaited paper streamers
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
death (and entering the hereafter)
faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement
acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
original text with its translation printed side by side or on opposite page
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)
Fire Rooster (34th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1957, 2017, 2077)
change; alteration; transmutation; mutation
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person