any god of foodstuffs; Uka-no-Mitama (god of rice)
meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals
chive (Allium schoenoprasum); chives
traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)
Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
associated shrine (i.e. auxiliary shrine, subordinate shrine, etc.)
Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)
exactly; precisely; (arch.) correct; (arch.) right; (arch.) greater (of equal court ranks); (arch.) upper
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
bulky (e.g. clothing); ungainly; heavy; poorly hit; weak
if man will not work, he shall not eat; no work, no play
obi and cord fasteners (for a kimono)
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
ancestor worshipped as a deity
chopping (vegetables) into chunks
Sarutahiko (Shinto god); Sarudahiko; Sarutabiko; Sarudabiko
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage
watercolors; watercolours; watercolor paint; watercolour paint
liquid; liquid hair product
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)
midsummer; height of summer
outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine
used paper; paper for recycling
reaching the shore; docking a boat
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
gathering edible wild plants
purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp)
god of marriage; matchmaker