sweet white sake; doburoku (unrefined sake)
4th day of the month; four days
Marici (Buddhist god of war)
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
praying for the coming of a deity; ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location
principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image; idol; icon; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
image; figure; figure; form; image
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
whole; entire; harmonious; well-rounded
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
effort; initiative; dealing with; bout (in sports, etc.); match
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
giant snake; monster serpent
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
Dejima; artificial island in Nagasaki used as a Portuguese and Dutch trading post between 1634 and 1854
common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace
ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!
if it is not ...; if it does not ...