protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
promoting; increase; advance
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
possession (esp. of a territory)
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
prayer (for something); supplication
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
continuation; succession; series
large number (of); many; majority
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
contrivance; to invent; to devise; to think out
purification; refining; simplification
plural; multiple; several
the ancients; ancient people
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
outward appearance; apparent
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
thus; in this way; like this
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
have to do; must; should; ought to
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
folklore studies; folkloristics
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid