[やしろ, yashiro](n, n-suf) (1) (abbr) (See 会社) company; association; society; (2) regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); (ctr, suf) (3) counter for companies, shrines, etc.#189[Add to Longdo]
[はつうま, hatsuuma](exp) first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines[Add to Longdo]
[みずや, mizuya](n) purificatory font at shrines and temples; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; cupboard[Add to Longdo]
[まんどころ;まどころ;まつりごとどころ, mandokoro ; madokoro ; matsurigotodokoro](n) (1) official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); (2) (hon) (abbr) (See 北の政所) titled lady (legal wife of an important official); (3) government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); (4) clerk working for large temples and shrines[Add to Longdo]
[でんがく, dengaku](n) (1) ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; (2) rice dance; rice festival; (3) (abbr) (See 田楽焼き) tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; (4) (abbr) (See 田楽返し) turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides[Add to Longdo]
[とくさぶき, tokusabuki](n) (See 木賊板) shingling with thin cedar or cypress shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. at temples, shrines, etc.)[Add to Longdo]