ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
individual; private person; personal; natural person
recollection; reminiscence
same; similar; (just) like; equal
person concerned; interested party; related party
within; inside of; less than
Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
middle period; medium-term
coast; shore; coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
Shouwa Women's University
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
posterity; future generations; descendant; posterior pituitary; neurohypophysis
about the middle (of an era); middle lobe (right lung); median lobe (prostate)
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
final stage; terminal stage
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
since; henceforth; ever since
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
smooth (i.e. without problems)
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
Tohoku University of Art & Design