junior Shinto priest; Shinto priest; generic title for a member of the Shinto priesthood
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
atonement; redemption; compensation
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
using together; mixing (usage)
modesty; self-control; discretion
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)
end; close; finish; termination
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt); single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
female assistant who scrubbed customers at public baths and also offered sexual services (Edo period)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower