pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food
inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
praying for the coming of a deity; ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location
ancient Shinto music and dancing
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
slips of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
type of amulet sold at Shinto shrines
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
emperor's arrival (at his office, etc.)
place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
Japan and the Philippines
transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony
relocation of a shrine; transfer of an object of worship
old precedent; tradition; custom
archery; mapping; map; morphism
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
smallpox; variola; pockmark; pock
Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
imagination; supposition; guess