Shinto-Buddhist syncretism
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
system; organization; organisation; architecture
so-wa-ka; well said; so be it
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
unclean; dirty; bathroom; toilet (room); (arch.) menstruation; (arch.) menses
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
five great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Trilokavijaya, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Tendai sect
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
high priest; highly ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to throw into; to dump in together
to expel (from the body); to let off (a fart); to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.); to say; to do
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
fertile shoot of field horsetail
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)