chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
miraculous god; wonder-working god
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
practising law; legal processes in running a country; method; way; magic
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
being protean and elusive; appear and disappear like a phantom
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
on the way back; returning
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)
one person; another name; nickname; alias
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
before god; before an altar
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why