birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
failure; mistake; blunder
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
moon; Tsukuyomi (god of the Moon in Shinto and mythology)
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
older sister; elder sister
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
thereafter; after doing that; followed by
Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
bai zhi (Chinese name for angelica species Angelica dahurica); traditional Chinese cure made from the root of this plant; Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
pure and clear; "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)
graceful young woman; sylph
by means of; due to; because of; according to
everybody for himself; everyone for themselves
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan