main shrine; inner sanctuary
front shrine; hall of worship
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
good feeling; feeling good
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
switching over to; migration; transition
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
retreating figure; appearance from behind
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
reality; actuality; hard fact
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
study; diligence; discount; reduction