water for washing or moistening one's hands
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
marriage; marriage tie; love knot; spiritual connection (to a person, object); spiritual tie; fated connection
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
monetary offering; offertory
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
accompanied by a man; accompanied by men
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to itch; to feel itchy; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
to go ahead; to pull ahead
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
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
because; for; the reason why is ...