presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
divine spirit; spirit of the dead
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
Son of God; child of an emperor
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; palanquin; litter; lower back; waist
Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)
imperial visit; imperial outing
God's name; Christ's name
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
Imperial standard; worthy cause
sacred wine; sacred sake; sake offered to the gods
concubine of an emperor; female court attendant who serves in the emperor's bedchamber
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
the spoken words of the emperor or a noble
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace)
image (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.)
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of an emperor
the Lord's name (esp. in Christianity)
mountain recesses; heart of the mountains; mountain; (arch.) imperial tomb; (arch.) emperor's grave
to wheedle a person into doing something; to carry a portable shrine
ancestor (esp. one's mother or grandmother)
power (of the Emperor); Emperor's might
Emperor (of Japan); Crown Prince (of Japan)
(arch.) leader of a nobleman's cavalcade; animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox)
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead
god of food (esp. of rice)
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering
Amenominakanushi (first god and the source of the universe according to Shinto)
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
Asplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort); Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); leaves used for serving or offering sake, rice, etc.
to ensconce oneself (e.g. in a chair); to settle oneself down; to plant oneself
river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine
to rise (from one's seat); to stand up; to get up; to set to work; to get started; to go into action
honorific or polite prefix
tribute (to a monarch, feudal lord, etc.); taxes; taxation
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
a god of food; Inari (god of harvests); Uka-no-Mitama (god of food, esp. rice)
glorious reign of the Emperor
(Japanese) imperial succession
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
imperial decree; imperial edict
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
sacred wine; sacred sake; sake offered to the gods; sake
god who bestows happiness upon people
poem by the emperor or a member of the imperial family; poem; song
annual Shingon prayer ritual (January 8-14)
imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
highly esteemed emperor's reign
Ontake-kyo (sect of Shinto); Mitake-kyo
Asuka Kiyomihara Code (689 CE)
Asuka Kiyomihara Code (689 CE)
spirit that possesses a mysterious power
common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace
the humble shield of our Sovereign Lord
Empire (of Japan); the (Japanese) Empire; Japan
first-born imperial prince
imperial princess; royal princess
imperial subjects; the people
grain (esp. rice); rice cultivation
emperor; (lit.) living god
minister or general's wife who became a nun
servant of the imperial court
Ama no Mihashira; the heavenly pillar on Onokoro Island, around which Izanagi and Izanami are said to have wed
kindling burned in shrines and temples; special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year); kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryō period
leaves used for serving or offering sake, rice, etc.
(his) side; (his) presence