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monetary offering; offertory

2

one bow; one salute; one greeting

1

torii (Shinto shrine archway)

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

11

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

2

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

2

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

2

water for washing or moistening one's hands

1

to rinse; to wash out

1

ladle; dipper; scoop

2

etiquette; courtesy

1

while; during; performed in this condition

2

finger bowl

1

French food; French cooking; French cuisine

1

to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

1

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

4

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

1

Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya; Kaguyahime (manga series by Reiko Shimizu)

1

Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite

5

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

1

to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained

3

tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)

2

Buddhism

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

8

unclean; dirty; bathroom; toilet (room); (arch.) menstruation; (arch.) menses

1

unicorn

2

to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)

18

easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth

3

god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

2

tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

5

lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with

1

going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)

2

to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)

2

to ring a bell

1

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

1

the whole country

4

strongest

1

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

3

gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

1

god of war; war hero (who died in battle)

1

to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

2

wish; desire; request; prayer

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

10

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

5

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

one's romantic fate; one's luck in love

1

law of cause and effect; principle of causality

1

this much; this amount

3