Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health)
kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
when it becomes; when it comes to
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; palanquin; litter; lower back; waist
to come and go; to go back and forth
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
injured person; wounded person
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
danger; peril; hazard; risk
meaning; significance; sense
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
feeling; sense; impression
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
although I say; although one might say; although called
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
innumerable; countless; numberless
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
wasp larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps; used as food); bee larva; hornet larva
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
to spend time (on doing something)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little