group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
all sorts of; all kinds of
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
above the clouds; the heavens
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
the deceased; the departed
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
historical document written without a particular addressee (e.g. a diary)
play put on in a village; play put on by villagers
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
front; frontage; facade; main
beforehand; in advance; previously
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
Ryukyu odd-tooth snake (Dinodon semicarinatum)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to name; to call; to christen; to term
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
in addition; besides this; twice
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
handing down the precepts
paradise across the ocean (folk belief of Okinawa and Amami)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)