large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
surrounding at a distance
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
staff with plaited paper streamers
contrast; antithesis; comparison
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; community (of people with a shared trait, members, fans, etc.); scene; enthusiasts
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; (lit.) to take the veneer off something
the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...; distant ...
caustic words; defiant words
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
workmen's chant while pulling a heavy load
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
immediately; at once; right away; directly; in person; first hand
sacred wine; sacred sake; sake offered to the gods
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected