ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
reviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
heart and soul; one's soul (heart)
the child is father to the man; (lit.) the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
incense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke
fierce or defiant look; determined expression; plucky countenance
putting one's heart and soul (into); giving one's all; breathing a soul into (e.g. a Buddhist statue); (arch.) intimacy; (arch.) familiarity
ceremony for the repose of a soul; ceremony to pray for the long life of the emperor, empress, crown prince, etc.
to turn over a new leaf; to reform (oneself)
tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them
mysterious power of words to alter reality
the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
god who bestows happiness upon people
sleepwalking; somnambulism; autoscopy
manly spirit; soul of a samurai
unyielding spirit; indomitable spirit
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead
tenacity of weeds; stubbornness of weeds; die hard spirit
to put one's heart and soul into something
calling a dead soul back from the afterlife
sending off the spirits of the dead
putting one's heart and soul into each pitch
to pour one's heart and soul into
the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
memorial service (esp. for war dead)
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
sound post (e.g. of a violin)
fighting spirit (in sport); tenacity
return to the divine through spiritual quietude
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
Japanese spirit with Western learning
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
to be very surprised; to be flabbergasted
welcoming the spirits of the dead
ceremony for the repose of a soul; ceremony to pray for the long life of the emperor, empress, crown prince, etc.
monument to the faithful who died in battle
having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense
to be very surprised; to be flabbergasted
the child is father to the man; (lit.) the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
divine spirit of creation
the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
god who bestows happiness upon people
mausoleum; (temporary) resting place of a corpse
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); "day of the ghost"
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); "day of the ghost"
to be astonished; to be startled; to be appalled
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(theory of) the immortality of the soul
spirit who possesses a wondrous power
god who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country
cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata); greenhead coneflower