votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
lowly people (Edo period); eta
head; chief; boss; leader
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
prohibition against women entering a sacred area
gender; distinction of sex; sex
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
Emperor Go-Daigo; Go-Daigo Tenno (1288-1339 CE, reigning: 1318-1339 CE)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to take to task; to take it out on
normal practice; proper practice
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
to let an opportunity slip
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
devotion; attachment; infatuation
so; to such an extent; such
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty