Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
prize-winner; recipient (of a prize, award, etc.)
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine
unique; peculiar; singular
one's (living) environment
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
simple and clear; plain and simple
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
creation; formation; foundation; establishment
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess
Nigihayahi no Mikoto (Shinto deity)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
preface; foreword; introduction
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery
Hirata Atsutane (1776-1843)
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
apparent; obvious; very clear
alteration; falsification; faking
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
sun; saint; San (people); son
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul