mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
mysterious power of words to alter reality
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation; dual-aspect Shinto
learned priest pursuing his studies
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
situated deep in the mountains
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
(arch.) divining; (arch.) telling a fortune; (arch.) predicting; choosing; settling; fixing
festival; feast; carnival
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
fortune-telling; divination
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
on one hand; on the other hand
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
initial stage; early period
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
appointment; rendezvous; date
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention