frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
cave; cavern; den; grotto
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
multiplication table; times table
En no Ozunu (634-c.700) (founder of Shugendō)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
extensive knowledge; erudition
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
magic; sorcery; incantation
wizardry; secret of immortality
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to govern; to manage; to subdue
powerful person; influential person
society; public; community; social studies
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
fishing industry; fishery
natural virtue; personal virtue
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
tradition; legend; folklore
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
every year; yearly; annually
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
early post war period; immediately after the war
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
political measures; policy