miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
all things in nature; Creation; the Creator; Maker
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
double doors opening from the centre
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
miraculous god; wonder-working god
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
top of the head; vertex; parietal
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable
soul; spirit; divine spirit
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
cross; crossed; cruciform
towering; astonishingly high
marriage; marriage tie; love knot
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
drill; gimlet; awl; auger
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
Konjin; God of (unlucky) directions
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens