string-fastener; drawstring on pouch or purse (handbag)
wiping paper (esp. for swords)
Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
famous historic spot; family name; professional name
enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities
to impose (printing); to lay out the page order; to assemble (e.g. components)
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
Mongolian wrestling; Mongolian sumo
the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm); west-northwest; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Yagyuu Juubee Mitsuyoshi (1607-1650)
Houzouin Inshun (1587-1648)
to forget to mention; to leave unspoken; to let slip a secret
building with a gabled, hipped roof
manner of Heian era palatial architecture
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada (1621-1638)
matter for great congratulation
selling separately; not being included in the price
Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)
core; tang (of a sword, etc.); middle of a nest of boxes
to become a yokozuna; to be a yokozuna
to meet with a crushing defeat
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
wild ginger trefoil coat of arms of the Tokugawa clan
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
capstone in a cist (archaeology); dolmen burial chamber
auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine)