each house; every house; many houses
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
originally; by nature; from the start
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
New Year's pine decoration
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
honorific/polite/humble prefix
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies
three sides; small offering stand
Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves); white underside; white bottom; white inner
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)