Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
hokora; small wayside shrine
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
soon; shortly; before long
employee; labourer employed by the government or a local public body
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
daytime; noon; broad daylight
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
blazing heat; scorching sun
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
pair of rocks resembling a married couple (one larger representing the husband, one smaller the wife)
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
blackish; darkish; dark; dusky
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
stone statue of Jizō (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
Jizō (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve
flat and smooth; unchanging; featureless; noppera-bō; humanoid creature with a flat, featureless face
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy