after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
deity; god; Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
this thesis; this article; the article under consideration
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
assertion; declaration; affirmation
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
something like ...; something called ...
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
(arch.) true form of a buddha; land of origin
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
upper part; upper region; region above
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
antiquity; the previous era
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
to turn towards; to point
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause