to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
flour; meal; powder; dust
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
monetary; financial; pecuniary
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to subsist; to keep on living
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
technical skill; ability; capacity
outer space; void of space
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
first shrine visit of New Year
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
comparatively; quite; rather
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
Shingon sect (of Buddhism)
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic