private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
farming; agriculture; cultivation
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
abundant harvest; bumper crop
fishing industry; fishery
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
big catch (fishing); good haul
prayer (for something); supplication
discriminated-against people; group of people suffering discrimination
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
(religious) faith; belief; creed
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
science and technology; scientific technique
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
descendant; posterity; offspring
generation; the world; the age
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
custom; habit; customary practice
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
very young; little; childish; immature