pail (for water); bucket; cistern; water tank
worry; care; consideration
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
prayer (for something); supplication
duty; function; office; mission; task
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
hairstyle; shape of one's head; fish served whole
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
main shrine; inner sanctuary
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner
one part; one portion; one section
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
theological school; seminary
right after coming out; just graduated
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
three kinds; three varieties
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism