ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
repaying a kindness; gratitude
remote ancestor; forefather
rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to brandish; to flash; to display
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to let out a cry; to break forth
ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
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)
the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to steal or sneak or slip into
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to become pale; to turn pale