the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn); the seven days of the week
Navagraha (divine personifications of the nine celestial bodies in Hindu mythology); nine luminaries; (in Onmyōdō) divination of a person's fate based on the nine celestial bodies's positions at birth
28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
that; he; she; that person
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
all the gods and goddesses; all the deities
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
other side; opposite side; other party
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
this kind of; this sort of; this; like this; in this way
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
Heian-kyō; former name of Kyoto, capital city of Japan from 794 to 1869
feng shui; fengshui; wind and water
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
intersection on a go board; grid layout (e.g. of streets); grid pattern
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark