skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
to badger; to pester; to beg
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
six (long cylindrical things)
long-lasting; durable; keeping well
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
clearly miraculous; remarkably miraculous; striking
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
front shrine; hall of worship
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
miyamairi; newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born); visiting a shrine
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
torii; Shinto shrine archway
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into