hot spring resort where customers can bathe without spending the night
rough potato (Metaplexis japonica)
toad venom (used as an analgesic and cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine)
character; disposition; spirit; temperament
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
giant catfish (mythological being thought to cause earthquakes)
finished doing; did completely
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation; natural wood
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
tessellated; grid-shaped; grid-like
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to press oil
gods of the land; earthly deities
to spread money around (e.g. to give, to loan, to invest, etc.)
Emperor Oujin; Oujin Tenno
low spirits; depressed heart
obi and cord fasteners (for a kimono)
ancestor worshipped as a deity
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine; Ise pilgrim
agricultural land; farmland
playing in the mud; playing with mud
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)
to pay off completely (e.g. loan)
main temple; main building of a shrine; alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber