ritual; religious service; festival
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
main shrine; inner sanctuary
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
to swarm; to crowd; to flock together
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
largest class; top category
group; bunch; crowd; group
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
excavation (usu. archeological); dig
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
relying entirely on ...; using solely ...; with the sole purpose of ...; based on (mutual consent, etc.)
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware