mountain ascetic;  practitioner of Shugendō
 Shugendō;  Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
 miraculous;  wonder-working;  magical
 miraculous efficacy;  miracle;  miraculous virtue
 superstition;  acting superstitiously (for good luck)
 improvement in one's luck;  changing one's luck
 Thunberg's geranium (Geranium thunbergii)