person conducting a ritual; priest directing a ceremony; chief priest; conducting a ritual
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
to get help; to enlist aid
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
fraudulent claim of product origin
number of words; vocality
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
starting point; starting line
journey; route of a journey
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
fate; chance; relationship; tie
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known
maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
(in) the mountains; (among) the mountains; (through) the mountains; (in a) mountain valley
house where one was born; one's parents' house
inexpert or untrained eyes