no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
forgetting; lapse of memory
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
second (unit of time); arc second
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
to sweep clean; to brush clean
front shrine; hall of worship
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
(this) shrine; (this) company; (this) firm
god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
(religious) faith; belief; creed
tradition; legend; folklore
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
Jōgan era (859.4.15-877.4.16)
old chronicle; old record
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
clans supposedly descended from the gods
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money