impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
to provide; to arrange; to install
each place; various places
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
High Plain of Heaven (home of the gods)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
ten-year-old; ten year old
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
earnestly; immediately; exactly
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
foot of a rock; large rock, most of which is buried
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
several years; a few years
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to twist and turn; to meander; to undulate; to wriggle