explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)
personal god (i.e. a god who has human form, emotions, etc.)
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
tutelary deities of the hearth
distinction; differentiation; classification
around the end of (a period of time)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
process; course; mechanism
foreign; abroad; overseas
the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
before god; before an altar
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
France; French (language)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...