to badger; to pester; to beg
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
living thing; living creature; animal; life
striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
toothpick; skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony); toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
wife and children; (arch.) wife
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
international; diplomatic intercourse
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
Japanese film; Japanese painting
unanticipated; unexpected
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
insurance; guarantee; warranty
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
ex-husband; former husband
Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)
Amenominakanushi (first god and the source of the universe according to Shinto)
(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; state of Yamato; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours