meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
(present) head of a family
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
augury; fortune-telling; divination
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
good or bad luck; fortune
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
sea snake; worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
descendant; posterity; offspring
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to revere; to respect; to worship
those (near the second person)
history; pedigree; lineage
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
naturally; of course; understandably
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to be reminded of; to call to mind
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to be busy at work; to work diligently
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)