method; process; manner; way; means; technique
(instruction) manual; handbook
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
considerably; fairly; quite
ago; since; before; previous
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
how; in what way; how about
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō
various parties or factions; minor parties
to concern; to be related
literature; books (reference); document
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
the West; the Occident; Western countries
magic; sorcery; incantation
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint