(religious) faith; belief; creed
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
all things in nature; the whole creation
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
the West; the Occident; Western countries
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
moral culture; spiritual culture; culture born through the workings of the human mind (science, religion, philosophy, religion, art, etc.)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
State Shintō; nationalistic form of Shinto, formerly the official religion of Japan
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
war; fighting; fierce competition
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
sense of values; values; value system
every year; yearly; annually
(United States of) America; USA
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember