(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
modernization; modernisation
folk beliefs; folk religion
oppression; suppression; pressure
expulsion movement; boycott
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
to keep secret; to conceal
form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)
to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
messenger of god; divine messenger
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
(punishment by) striking with fists
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
Fukui prefecture (Hokuriku area)
thick curtain; drop curtain
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road