change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
torii; Shinto shrine archway
counter for buildings, roofs, tents, etc.
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time
Empress Jitou; Jitou Tenno (645-702 CE, reigning: 690-697 CE)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
silver white croaker (Pennahia argentata); silver croaker; Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii); vertical-striped cardinalfish (Apogon lineatus); Indian perch
white stone; white (go pieces)
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
private; exclusive; secret
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
Emperor Kammu; Kammu Tenno (737-806 CE, reigning: 781-806 CE)
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
early; primitive; primordial
individual; private person; personal; private
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
yashikigami; estate kami; small shrine with kami on or near residential land
main festival; main day of a festival
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.