supervision; superintendence; management; supervisor
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim
visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple; priest's quarters
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
book; volume; this; present; main; head
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
according to one's abilities; appropriate; reasonable
family which supports a temple; parishioner
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
Japanese person; Japanese people
God; god; ace; king; superior person
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
in a few days; at an early date
to eagerly look forward to
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
fourth day of the month; four days
famous utensil; excellent utensil; famed musical instrument (e.g. a Stradivarius); excellent musical instrument; excellent vagina; formidable vulva
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out