conception; fertilization; fertilisation
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
En no Ozunu (634-c.700) (founder of Shugendō)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
defence of Buddhist doctrines; god who defends Buddhist doctrines; defence of the constitution; religious power to dispel demons and diseases
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
Buddhist scriptures; sutras
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
(arch.) countenance; (arch.) visage; face; honor (honour); dignity
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
magical power; mystical force
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
good luck charm; something that encourages or invites good luck
related to; in relation to
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
infancy; childhood; tender age
being in love with each other
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
demon of ill health; disease
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
god of war; (fig.) war hero