different school (e.g. of ikebana)
gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction
cypress bark roof; hinoki bark thatching
Museum of History and Folklore
Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)
outer sanctum; nave; transept
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
full of zeal; highly motivated; very eager
one breath; chug!; drink!
kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels
yashikigami; estate kami; small shrine with kami on or near residential land
snub nose; pug nose; button-shaped nose; bulbous nose; cauliflower-shaped nose
tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
to feel anxious; to feel uneasy; to worry
foot towel; cloth for wiping the bottoms of one's feet
24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons
different form; different shape
contemporary life; present-day life
without getting annoyed; without being bothered; diligently; properly; carefully
felt-tip pen; marker pen; felt pen
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
descendant of a god; heavenly grandson
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
to droop; to hang down; to weep
Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
characteristic way of speaking
tourist information center; tourist information centre
fool; someone beneath one's contempt
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess