lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
political structure or mechanism
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person
roaming; drifting about; wandering; drifting (with the current, on the tide, etc.)
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
dignity; majesty; dignified manner
being out of office; lacking a title
each locality; each place; each region
singing and dancing; song and dance
charm; incantation; spell; curse
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
summoning a spirit and giving them voice (esp. when done by a female shaman); channeling; female medium; female channeler
origin; beginning; source
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
three days and three nights
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
while alive; during one's lifetime
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
conjurer; magician; illusionist
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
heir; inheritor; successor
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
illegitimate child; secret love child
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
deceased; late; dead; departed
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
property; fortune; assets
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up