to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
expression; look; countenance; face
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
something; some kind of; for some reason
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
good; goodness; right; virtue
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
to pick up; to find; to gather
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
to hand over; to surrender
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
(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
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)