Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
Sargassum fulvellum (species of edible brown alga)
staff with plaited paper streamers
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
art object for a tokonoma
art object for a tokonoma
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
aforementioned; above-mentioned
equipment; installation; facilities; arrangements
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
ritual; religious service; festival
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift
failure to pay one's compliments; omission of courtesy
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign