Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
fricative; fricative consonant
homa-mandala (fire altar)
Marici (Buddhist god of war)
defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
homa stick; stick on which prayers are written, then ritually burnt before an idol to ask for blessings
jewel; pearl; gemstone; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
conjectures and surmises; speculation; giving one's imagination full play without any ground
to soar high (building, etc.)
rubdown with a wet towel; cold-water rubbing
Satsuma biwa; Satsuma lute
heaven without fighting; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
vowel (in the Siddham script)
satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes; meat chowder
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
thief posing as fellow traveller (traveler)
traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)
frictional electricity; triboelectricity
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
pressing one's foot on the genitals of a supine person while pulling on their feet (usu. as a prank); (lit.) electric massage
reduction in friction; lubrication
time; meeting; coming together; equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas)
Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism)
Buddhist convent or monastery
wear and tear; abrasion; friction loss
object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life
Buddha figure carved on a rock face
to brush against; to rub together
licensed masseur; licensed masseuse
precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)
probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment)
angle of friction; frictional angle
Mahavairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)
mahoraga (protectors of Buddhism depicted as giant serpents)
catnip (Nepeta cataria); catmint
Cymbidium macrorhizon (species of orchid)
Satsumasendai City (Kagoshima)