line of regents and advisers (advisors)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
influential person; man of importance
taxable rice field (ritsuryo system)
application; request; petition
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871); Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
approval; license; licence; permission
(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge
government official; clerk
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
annex; affiliated structure or institute
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)
Buddhism; Buddhist teachings
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire
before god; before an altar
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly