visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
front shrine; hall of worship
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
monetary offering; offertory
to clap one's hands in prayer
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to apologize; to apologise
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
votive picture (originally of horse)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love