to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
staff with plaited paper streamers
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
offering of cloth (rope, paper, etc.)
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
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
three sides; small offering stand
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
(United States of) America; USA
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
earthenware pot (used as a decanter); jar; jug
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
those (near the second person)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)