lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
packhorse; workhorse; hack
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
will not do; do not; does not
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
labor; labour; manpower; working force
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
occupation; calling; livelihood
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
traditional art; traditional performance art
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
ancient Shinto music and dancing
shaman; oracle; diviner; medium
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
god who bestows happiness upon people
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)