disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
(giving) instruction; initiation
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
timewise; temporal; chronal
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
elopement; running away with a lover
Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period
the same; the said; likewise
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
Buddhist scriptures; sutras
character information; character data; textual data
link; directory entry; rink
and; thereupon; because of that
worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
descendant of a god; heavenly grandson
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)