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manJu: A steamed bun filled with sweet bean paste.
medetashi: An exclamation to the happy ending of a story.
mihagusa: A kind of plant.
mikanko: A magic cat.
miko: A woman with a special role in folk faith, a shamaness.
miso: fermented bean paste.
Mizu-no-kami: See Kami.
Glossary
mochi: rice cake which is made by pounding steamed glutenous rice.
This rice is used only on festive occasions. Besides steamed and
pounded, the glutenous rice is ground into flour to make various
cakes.
mon: A coin of low monetary value.
muri: dialect for mori, meaning leak.
namu amida butsu: Words in a Buddhist prayer.
namu toraya: "Hail, Tiger Cat."
nara pears: A wild fruit.
Neko-gami: See Kami.
Nekoza Daimyo jin: See Daimyo jin.
Nijusanya San: See San.
nishiki ki: uconymus alta.
nushi: A guardian spirit in a tree, rock, pond, or the like.
Mizu-no-nushi: Water Spirit.
Kumo-no-nushi: Spider Spirit.
o (omote): The upper side of a folded page.
obi: A sash.
ohagi: A dango covered with sweet bean paste served at festivals.
oni-baba: An old she-demon.
Onigashima: A fictitious demon stronghold.
onyOdo: A kind of ghost.
osho: A Buddhist priest.
ososhi: The same as ekisha, a diviner.
Raijin: See Shin (Jin).
rakugo: A comical story usually ending in a word play.
renga: A poem chain.
ri: A measure of distance, about two and a half miles.
rokubu: A mendicant pilgrim.
ryo: A coin of high monetary value.
RyOgu: Dragon Palace, approached from the sea, a stream, a cave, or
a tree.
RyOjin: See Shin (Jin).
rYOsengan: A magic object.
Sai-no-kami: See Kami.
sake: Rice wine.
samurai: A warrior usually attached to a feudal lord.
san, sarna, son: An honorific attached to the name of a shrine or
festival to refer the deity at the place or a festival or an object.
Atago Sarna: A deity associated with ancestral worship.
Nichirin San: The Sun.