subordinate shrine; professional entertainer
drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof
virtue and influence; virtue and authority
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
ruler's orders; master's orders
religious organization; religious organisation
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
individual technique (in team sports); individual skills; individual play
chalice (for Holy Communion); Holy Chalice; Holy Grail
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
true to one's name; living up to one's name
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
scope; coverage; selected range
ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock; sacrificed stone (in go); sacrifice (e.g. career, reputation); stones used in a foundation; riprap
(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
to run out (e.g. of the room)
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
kuda-gitsune; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses; stoat
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)