style of shrine architecture based on that of Ise Jingu
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
by itself; automatically; naturally
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried); katsu
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)
misreading; misinterpreting
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
High Plain of Heaven (home of the gods)
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
coagulation; freezing; solidification
wide (esp. of clothing); broad
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge