how long; how far; how much
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
building contractor; builder; building firm
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
four (long cylindrical things)
(arch.) short roughly woven fence; divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
High Plain of Heaven (home of the gods)
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
(arch.) grandchild of Amaterasu (i.e. Ninigi no Mikoto); descendant of Amaterasu; person of imperial lineage; emperor
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
plains lush with reeds; flourishing beds of reeds; Japan
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless