early spring; beginning of spring; New Year
taking a commemorative photo
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle
right of first night; jus primae noctis; droit du seigneur
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
different kind (species, variety); heterologous; heterogenous
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
minimum; at the very least
whole universe; total universe; all of creation
at your own discretion; as you see fit
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
to think of; to come up with
an issue being settled; a case being closed
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
huge rock; firmness; solidity
portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
one (written) character; (arch.) Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)
training; drill; practice; discipline
offence; offense; hindrance
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
down jacket; quilted down coat
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
chilly; unpleasantly cold
small number; few; minority
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
staff with plaited paper streamers
those present; attendance