稲荷 | [いなり, inari] (n) (1) (See 稲魂) Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); (2) Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); (3) (See 狐・1) fox (said to be messengers of Inari); (4) (See 油揚げ・1) fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); (5) (abbr) Inari-zushi; (P) #6,965 [Add to Longdo] |
お稲荷さん;御稲荷さん | [おいなりさん, oinarisan] (n) (1) (hon) (See 稲荷・1) Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); (2) (hon) (See 稲荷・2) Inari shrine; (3) (pol) (See 稲荷鮨) Inari-zushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu) [Add to Longdo] |
宇賀の神 | [うかのかみ, ukanokami] (n) (obsc) (See 宇賀神) god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) [Add to Longdo] |
宇賀神 | [うがじん;うかじん, ugajin ; ukajin] (n) god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) [Add to Longdo] |
御斎会 | [ごさいえ;みさいえ, gosaie ; misaie] (n) (See 金光明最勝王経) imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods) [Add to Longdo] |
社日 | [しゃにち;しゃじつ, shanichi ; shajitsu] (n) (See 戊) "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) [Add to Longdo] |
春社 | [しゅんしゃ, shunsha] (n) (See 社日, 戊・つちのえ) spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) [Add to Longdo] |
田の神 | [たのかみ, tanokami] (n) deity of rice fields and harvests [Add to Longdo] |
豊作飢饉 | [ほうさくききん, housakukikin] (n) impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests [Add to Longdo] |
豊作貧乏 | [ほうさくびんぼう, housakubinbou] (n) impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests [Add to Longdo] |