study; library; den; home office; reading room
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
funeral hall; ceremony site
the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine
religious abstinence; purification
purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun
master of religious ceremonies
abstinence (in Catholicism)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
ancient Shinto priestly family
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
dining hall at a Zen temple or monastery; refectory
morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.); food offering at a Buddhist ceremony
priestly vestments, esp. white silk robes worn at festivals
carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)
unlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast day
congratulatory words; prayer for happiness
imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)
take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)
Buddha's delight (vegetarian dish)
good luck does not last; (lit.) a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)