influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
curious; strange; unusual
parade float; festival float
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
guidance; leadership; leading the way
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
single-lens reflex camera
foreign; abroad; overseas
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
(taking a) spectacular photograph; photo taken at just the right moment
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
index finger; forefinger; second toe
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
rule; reign; government; governing
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be too numerous; to be too much
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
front shrine; hall of worship
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
to step forward; to volunteer
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
exorcism rite; purification
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever