ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
Buddhism; Buddhist teachings
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
different view; alternative theory; dissenting view
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
whole nation; whole land; whole country
Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
gods of the land; earthly deities
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
having not the slightest idea
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
farming; agriculture; cultivation
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
dispersal; scattering; discrete