warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
miraculous spring or fountain
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
unlucky quarter (southwest)
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
Fukuyama Masaharu (1969.2-)
Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court
Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604.8.12-1651.6.8), Shougun 1623-1651
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
other side; opposite side; other party
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
Emperor Oujin; Oujin Tenno
Himiko; Himiko (queen of Yamatai)
(in Japanese architecture) transom
richly colored; richly coloured
heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman
fundoshi; loincloth; traditional Japanese men's undergarment made from a length of cotton
paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)
having an ancient and honorable origin
magatama; comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make
union; joining; conjugation