once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
port city; harbor city; harbour city
every place; various places
product; produce; result; fruit
one large ...; a great ...
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
(period of) a year; during an era
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to be intimate with; to befriend
to face on; to look out on to
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
three kinds; three varieties
sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
high priest of a great shrine
thousand years; many years
in accordance with; according to
to face; to go towards; to head towards
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio