(clothing) Synonym of カッパ (“raincoat”)

(Shinto) the gods of the heavens

(less common) alternative reading for Ame no Uzume

bittersweet (flavor) / (figuratively) bittersweet (emotion)

(Japanese mythology) the protector god of gateways, such as the imperial gate, and one of 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi)'s crew during his 天孫降臨 (Tenson Kōrin, “Heavenly Grandson's Descent”) to rule the earth

(Shinto, Japanese mythology, agriculture) one of the eight agricultural offenses that is said to have been committed in the 高天原 (Takamagahara, “Plain of High Heaven”), notably by the unruly god 素戔嗚 (Susanoo), namely 畔放 (ahanachi, “breaking down ridges”), 溝埋 (mizoume, “covering ditches”), 樋放 (hihanachi, “releasing irrigation sluices”), 重播 (shikimaki, “double planting”), 串刺 (kushisashi, “setting up stakes”), 生剥 (ikehagi, “skinning alive”), 逆剥 (sakahagi, “skinning backward”) and 糞戸 (kusohe, “defecation”)

leftover, remainder, residue

leftover, remainder, residue

雨燕: a Pacific swift (Apus pacificus)

nun, abbess