inferiority; recessiveness; recessive
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
online; on the line (of a ball; in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
to subsist; to keep on living
first shrine visit of the New Year
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
comparatively; quite; rather
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
tide; current; sea water; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in sea water; dish of unboned whitefish boiled in salted water
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Kōbō Daishi (774-835 CE; founder of Shingon Buddhism and renowned calligrapher)
scorching heat; fierce glare of the Sun
robotic vacuum cleaner; robovac; Roomba
under the blazing sun; in sweltering heat
weather-beaten; bleached skull
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
cloth to wipe the sweat off
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
ascending and descending; going up and down
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)