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kabuto 兜 helmet
. Masakado no kabuto 将門の兜 the helmet of Masakado .
18 to explore

. kadomatsu 門松と伝説 Legends about pine decorations .
51 to collect

. kaeru 蛙 / かえる frog, toad .
124 to collect
- - . wakudo iwa わくど岩 the Frog Rock .
Wakudo わくど is the local Fukuoka dialect for frog or toad.


. kagami 鏡 mirrors and legends .
- Matsuyama kagami 松山鏡 The Mirror from Matsuyama

. Kagamigaike, Kagami-ga-Ike 鏡ヶ池 Legends about a Mirror Pond .

. kagebooshi 影法師 Kageboshi, long shadow of a person .
8 to collect

. kago 篭 / 駕籠 / かご palanquin, sedan chair .
17 駕籠 to explore
59 篭 collecting
294 籠 collecting

. kagura 神楽 Kagura dance .
69 to explore (01)


kai / ..gai 貝 all kinds of shells - Muscheln
180 to explore
. takasegai 高瀬貝 trocas shells, Trochus .
to explore

. kaichoo 開帳 Kaicho, public viewing of a Buddha statue .
18 legends

. kaidoo 街道 Kaido highway roads - legends .
- Edo Gokaidoo 江戸五街道 Gokaidō - five highways starting from Edo
87 to collect

kaika, kechibi 怪火 / hi no tama 火の玉 Kaika, atmospheric ghost lights
- see hinotama fireball legends
65 to explore

. kaiko 蚕 silk worms - kuwa 桑 mulberry tree .
- kuwa - 184 legends to explore -
kaiko 蚕 102 legends to explore

. kajiya 鍛冶屋 kajishi 鍛冶師 blacksmith .
37 to explore

. kakashi 案山子 scarecrow .
- to explore / and deity Kuebiko (久延毘古)

. kakejiku 掛け軸 hanging scroll .
15 to explore


. kaki 火気 と伝説 Legends about fire .

. kaki 柿 persimmon - Diospyros kaki - Sharon Fruit legends .
141 to explore


. kama, kamado 竈 kitchen hearth .
54 to collect

. kame 亀と伝説 Legends about turtles, tortoise - Schildkröte .
and reiki 霊亀 a mysterious turtle, spirit turtle, divine turtle
458 to collect
- - - - - . minogame 蓑亀 minokame, "turtle with a raincoat"- legends .


. kamidana 神棚 household Shinto altar, "shelf for the Gods" .
110 to explore

. kamikakushi, kami-kakushi 神かくし / カミカクシ / 神隠し "spirited away".
113 to explore

. kamikaze 神風 divine wind .
08 to explore


. kaminari 雷と伝説 Legends about Thunder and Thunderbolts .

. kamo 鴨と伝説 legends about ducks .
50 to explore

. kamon 家紋 family crest, shinmon 神紋 Shrine crest .

. Kamuro 禿 / カムロ child attendant of a courtesan .
20 translate and explore - and hage 禿げ bald

. kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell .
more than 200 to explore / hanging temple bell, tsurigane 釣鐘 / bronze bell, dootaku 銅鐸 / small bell, suzu 鈴

. kani かに / 蟹 と伝説 Legends about crabs .
124 to explore / 鬼蟹,鬼面蟹,平家蟹 / 大蟹 /

. kanju manju 干珠満珠 the tide jewels .

. Kanmu Tennō 桓武天皇 Emperor Kanmu Tenno Legends .

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Legends .  
many to explore / 19 十一面観音

. kannushi 神主 Shinto priest .
108 to collect

. Kano Hoogen 狩野法眼 Kano Hogen / Kano Eitoku 狩野 永徳 . *

. kanoke 棺桶 coffin, casket .
42 legends to explore


. Kappa densetsu 河童伝説 Legends about the Water Goblin .
collecting

. karasu 鴉 / 烏と伝説 legends about crow, raven . *
200 to explore

. Karukaya 苅萱 an illustrated book .

. kashi no ki カシの木 / 樫 oak tree .
42 樫 to explore
4 カシの木

. Kasuga Daimyôjin 春日大明神 Kasuga Daimyojin .

. Kasuri 絣 Ikat pattern and legends .

. kataba no ashi, kataha no ashi 片葉の葦 One-sided Reed .
12 to explore

. katsuo 鰹 bonito . / maguro 鮪 (まぐろ) tuna fish
20 to collect

. katsura 桂と伝説 Legends about the Katsura tree .

. kawauso, uso 川獺 / カワウソ / 獺 river otter .
135 カワウソ to explore / 08 川獺 / 26 獺

. kawayagami, benjogami 厠の神 God of the Toilet .
10 to explore


. kaya 榧 torreya tree .
10 to explore

. kaya 蚊帳 mosquito net .
32 to explore

. kayu 粥 rice gruel .
109 to collect

. kazan 火山 volcano, volcanic eruption .
funka 噴火 10 to explore
kazan 火山 2 to explore
焼火山権現 2 to explore
火山弾 1 to explore

. kaze 風邪と伝説 Legends about catching a cold .
56 風邪 collecting


kechiyama ケチヤマ / ケチ山 / ケ山 mountain off-limmits /// ケチ地 area off-limits.
. Shizuoka 両河内村 Ryogochi village legend .
11 to exopore

. Keiko Tenno 景行天皇 .
12 to collect

. kekkon 結婚 konrei 婚礼 marriage in Edo . *
more than 100 to explore

. kenmun ケンムン / けんもん kenmon hinotoragami ヒノトラガミ Yokai from Kagoshima .
to translate

. kesa 袈裟 priest robes .
36 collecting


. kiji 雉と伝説 legends about pheasant - Fasan .
36 to explore

. kijishi 木地師 / kijiya 木地屋 wood workers, wood dealers .
40 to explore

. kikin 飢饉 famine - Hungersnot .
29 to explore

. kiku 菊と伝説 Legends about chrysanthemum .
278 to collect

. kimon 鬼門の鬼伝説 Oni Demon Gate Legends .

kingyo 金魚 goldfish
3 to explore

. kinkei 金鶏と伝説 Legends about the golden rooster .
to translate

. kiseru 煙管 / キセル long pipe .
14 to explore

. Kishibojin, Kishimojin 鬼子母神と伝説 Legends about the deity Kishibojin .

. kitamakura 北枕 pillow for a dead person .
21 to explore
- Living people should never sleep with their pillow facing north. This is the position for placing a dead body in the home, before the funeral.

. kitooshi, kitōshi 祈祷師と伝説 Kitoshi, Legends about Shamans .
136 to explore

. kitsune 狐 the fox in Japanese culture and tales .
- - - - - and Inari 稲荷 the Fox Deity
- collecting

. kitsunebi 狐火と伝説 Legends about the "fox fire" .



. kobiki 木挽 / 木挽き timber cutters .
31 to explore

. kofun 古墳 burial mound, tumulus . *

. koi 鯉 と伝説 Legends about carps - Karpfen .
85 to explore

. kojiki 乞食 beggar - and Haiku .
92 to collect

. kokeshi こけし wooden dolls in the tales .

. Kokuuzoo, Kokūzō 虚空蔵菩薩 Kokuzo Bosatsu Akashagarbha Legends .
27 to explore

. Komagata 駒形 Legends from places named Komagata .


. komainu, koma-inu 狛犬 / 高麗犬 / 胡麻犬 "Korean Dog" legends .

komedawara 米俵 rice bale
16 to explore


. komusoo 虚無僧 Komuso begging monks .
and Shakuhachi flute 尺八

. Konjin, Konjin Sama  金神, 金神様 deity of metal .
konjin sama 金神様 7 / 金神 27

. konoshiro コノシロ / このしろ Konosirus punctatus - fish legends .


. Koobo Daishi Kuukai 弘法大師 空海 - 伝説 Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends .

. Kōjimachi 麹町 / 麴町 Kojimachi district in Edo .

. Koojinsama, Koojin sama, Aragami sama 荒神様 Kôjin, Kojin legends .
192 to collect

. koomori 蝙蝠 legends about Bats .

. Kōmyō shingon 光明真言 Komyo Shingon - Mantra of Light - Legends .
- and temples named Komyo-Ji 光明寺

. Koorai, Kŏrai, Goryeo 高麗 Korai - Legends related to Korea .
9 to explore *

. kooshin 庚申伝説 Legends about the Koshin Cult .
. . . . . Shōmen Kongō 青面金剛 Shomen Kongo
175 to collect

. koozui 洪水 flood, flooding .
111 to collect
demizu 出水 17 to explore

. kori 狐狸と伝説 Legends about fox and Tanuki badger .
100 to explore

korori コロリ cholera / (コレラ)
10 to explore

. koshimaki 腰巻 underwear for ladies .
35 to explore /// and fundoshi 褌 loincloth 19 to explore

. kosodate yurei 子育て幽霊 a ghost rearing a child .
15 子育て幽霊 to explore

. kozoo 小僧と伝説 Kozo, Legends about temple acolytes and youngsters .
- namikozoo 波小僧 Namikozo Kappa / Tōfu kozō 豆腐小僧 Tofu Kozo, The Tofu Boy
307 to collect

kuchibue 口笛 whistling
44 legends to explore / one from Toyama

. kudan 件 と伝説 Legends about the Kudan Yokai .
98 to collect

. kugi 釘 nail, Nagel - and curses のろい . . . . *
100 to explore

. kujaku 孔雀 peacock .
4 to explore

. kujira 鯨 whale, Walfisch Legends .
71 legends to explore

. kuko 枸杞 wolfsberry, Lycium rhombifolium .
12 to explore

. kuma くま / 熊 と伝説 Legends about bears .
熊 973 items to explore
クマ 165

. Kumano 熊野 - Legends about Kumano .
190 to collect

. kumo 蜘蛛と伝説 Legends about spiders / Spinnen .
more than 100 to explore / tsuchigumo 土蜘蛛 earth spider, ground spider - Yokai

. Kurama 鞍馬と伝説 Legends about Mount Kurama, Kyoto .
35 鞍馬 to explore

. kuri 栗 sweet chestnut .
24 栗の木 chestnut tree (02)

. kushi 櫛 comb, Kamm .
48 to explore

. kusuri-uri 薬売り selling all kinds of medicine .
8 to collect

. kuwa 鍬 hoe, plough . *
76 to explore

kuyoo 供養 memorial service
36 to collect

. kyozuka 経塚と伝説 Legends about a sutra mound .
16 collecting
kyuu 灸 moxibustion
32 to explore
. Hitachibo Kaison Sennin 常陸坊海尊仙人 and moxibustion .

. kyuuri キュウリ / 胡瓜 Kyuri, cucumber, Gurken .
46 to collect

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2018-07-13

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2018-07-12

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. mabiki 間引きと伝説 Legends about "thinning out" - killing babies .

. maguro 鮪 (まぐろ) tuna fish .
25 to collect

. makuragaeshi 枕返し pillow turner, pillow flipper 枕小僧 makura kozō .
- - - - - makuragami 枕神 "god of the pillow" / yumemakura 夢枕 and more

mamako 継子 stepchild
16 to explore

. mamono 魔物 monster, ogre, devil, evil spirit, demon .
- - - - - madoo 魔道 - まどう / mamono no toorimichi 魔物の通り道 mado, road where monsters pass

. mamorigami 守り神 protector deities, tutelary deities legends .


. manjuu 饅頭と伝説 Legends about Manju steamed buns .
45 to collect

. Marishiten 摩利支天 .
19 to explore

. masu 升 / 桝 measuring cup .
桝 31 legends / 升 99 - collecting

. matagi 又鬼 - マタギ と伝説 Legends about bear hunters .
36 to explore

. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .
akamatsu 赤松 Japanese red pine
- collecting

. Matsuyama town in Ehime 松山 愛媛県 .
26 to explore

. meido めいど【冥土 / 冥途】the Netherworld legends .
9 to translate

mekago 目籠 woven bamboo basket
. mekago tate 目籠立 putting up a bamboo basket .
85 to collect

. mi み【箕】 winnow for grain .
61 to explore

. migawari 身代わり the deities substitute for us - Legends .
50 to collect

. mikan 蜜柑 (みかん) mandarin orange, tangerine .
18 to collect

. miko 巫女 shrine maiden, female shrine attendant .
115 to explore

. mikogami 御子神 / ミコ神 "Honorable-child-kami", offspring kami . *
28 to explore

. mikoshi 神輿と伝説 Legends about the festival palanquin .
24 to explore

. mimizu ミミズ 蚯蚓 (みみず)  earthworm .
to explore

. Minamoto no Tametomo 源為朝 (1139 – 1170).
23 to explore

mino 蓑 straw raincoat - 89 to explore
kakure mino 隠れ蓑 straw raincoat to become invisible - 15 to explore (01)

. minomushi 蓑虫 / ミノムシ roundworm, bag worm .
11 ミノムシ to collect / 03 蓑虫

. Misaki and Kojin ミサキ 荒神 / 御先大明神 Misaki Daimyojin . *
212 to explore
- - - - - . shichinin misaki 七人ミサキ Misaki death of seven poeple .

. misojiru 味噌汁 miso soup .
13 to explore

. mitsubachi, hachi 蜜蜂 bee, bees, honeybee .
66 to explore

. Mitsumine sama 三峯様 Wolf Deity Legends . - Mitsumine Shrine, Chichibu


. Mizuchi 蛟 water Yokai legends / Medochi メドチ .
10 to explore

. Mizu no Kami 水の神 Deity of Water - Legends .
42 to explore - 246 水神 Suijin



. mochi 餅と伝説 Legends about rice cakes .
botamochi ぼたもち
574 to explore (02) -

. mogura モグラ; モグラモチ / 土竜 / 土龍 mole, Maulwurf .
many to explore / sennen mogura 千年土竜 a white mole of 1000 years

momi no ki 樅の木 fir tree - Abies firma
. momi no ki 樅の木 and Yamanokami .
06 to explore

. moriki 杜樹 tree of a shrine - Legends .



. muenbotoke 無縁仏 graves of the unknown pilgrims .
at least 40 to explore
- from Ehime : https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.jp/2017/08/yama-no-kami-06-regional.html



. mugimeshi 麦飯 cooked rice with barley .
5 to explore

. mukade 蜈蚣 - むかで centipede, millipede legends .
hyakusoku 百足虫 "one hundred legs"
- to translate

. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国 Musashi Province / 武州 Bushu Legends .



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2018-07-11

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. nakoodo 仲人 matchmakers for a marriage .
with foxes, serpents, tanuki . . .

. namazu 鯰 catfish, Wels .


. namekuji 蛞蝓 (なめくじ / ナメクジ) slug legends .
- namekujira なめくじら slugwhale

. Nanafushigi, nana fushigi 七不思議 "The Seven Wonders" .

. nanten 南天 Nandina legends - Nandina domestica plant .
25 to explore

. nasu 茄子と伝説 Legends about eggplants .
38 to explore


. ne 子 / nezumi 鼠  Rat, Mouse legends .
275 collecting

. negi 葱 leek .
16 to explore

. neko 猫 / ねこ と伝説 Legends about cats, Katzen .
- . bakeneko, bake-neko 化け猫, 化猫 monster cat . / nekomata 猫又, 猫叉, or 猫股 "forked cat"
- . yamaneko 山猫 "mountain cat" . / carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro
73 猫 to explore (00)

. Nekomadake 猫魔岳と伝説 Legend about Mount Nekomadake . - Fukushima

. nekomata 猫又と伝説 Legends about the Nekomata cat monster .
15 to collect

. nenbutsu 念仏 Nembutsu Amida prayer - Legends .
- collecting


. Nichiren Shu 日蓮宗 Legends about the Nichiren Sect .
- collecting

. Nikko 日光 と伝説 Legends about Nikko . - Tochigi

. ninniku ニンニク garlic Knoblauch .
11 to explore (01)

. Nio, Deva Kings 仁王 (Nioo, Niou) . *

. nishiki, kin 錦 brocade legends .
44 to collect

. nishin 鰊, 鯡、青魚、黄魚 Legends about herring - Hering .
13 鰊 to explore / 03 鯡

. niwatori. kei 鶏と伝説 Legends about the rooster, cock, chicken .
100 to collect / oogon no tori 黄金の鶏 golden rooster


. noroi 呪い to curse a person - Legends .
97 呪い noroi to collect

. nue 鵺 monster .
with the head of a monkey, breast of a badger, scales like a dragon, tail of a serpent and feet like a tiger
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. nuibari 縫針 sewing needle legends .

nunobiki 布引 Nunobiki (place names)
13 布引 to explore // 布引の滝 / 善光寺布引牛
. Nunobiki waterfall - Gero .
. The mountain range of 布引山 Nunobiki - Mie .


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2018-07-10

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. obon, o-bon お盆 festival for the ancestors .
44 to colledt

. Oguri Hangan 小栗判官 Daisukeshige (1398 - 1464) .

. ohaguro, o-haguro お歯黒 / 鉄漿 / おはぐろ Ohaguro, black teeth - legends .

. Oinusama, O-Inusama, O Inu Sama お犬様 /御犬様 / イヌ様 Wolf Deity .
20 to explore

. Okayama Legends  岡山の民話と伝説 .

. okoze 虎魚 (おこぜ, オコゼ ) stonefish .
- oniokoze, oni-okoze オニオコゼ(鬼鰧、鬼虎魚). オコジ Okoji - - 22 to explore

. onigiri, o-nigiri おにぎり / お握り / 御握り food .
25 おにぎり (01)

. Onipedia - 鬼ペディア Oni demon legends .
942 legends to collect

onmyooshi 陰陽師
17 to explore


. onsen 温泉と伝説 Legends about Hot Springs .
collecting

. Ontakesan 御嶽山 / 御岳山 Mount Ontakesan Nagano Ontake San Tengu .
28 to explore


. ookami 狼 Okami, wolf legends . *
- - - - - hakuroo, shiroi ookami 白狼 white wolf
- - - - - yama-inu, yamainu 山犬、豺 "mountain dog"

. ooki na otoko 大きな男 a huge man .
10 legends to explore

. oomugi 大麦と伝説 Legends about barley .
- komugi 小麦と伝説 Legends about wheat to collect

. Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monk Yokai .
hitotsume dainyuudo 一つ目の大入道 Great Nyudo with one eye
mitsume nyuudoo 三つ目入道 Nyudo with three eyes
105 to explore


. oo-otoko, Ōotoko 大男と伝説 O-Otoko, Legends about giants .
97 to collect

. oshidori, オシドリ 鴛鴦と伝説 Legends about mandarin ducks .
translate

. O-Shirasama おしらさま "White Deity" for Silk in Tohoku .
50 to explore

. o-shiroi (hakufun) おしろい / 白粉 white face powder .
8 to explore

. O-Suga sama お菅さま "Lady Suga" .
- - - - - and . kuwa 桑 mulberry tree . silk worms

Otohime 乙姫 Princess Otohime
31 to collect

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2018-07-09

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. pee, pipi, tachi shôben 立小便 pissing, standing at the roadside .

. pottery yakimono 焼物と伝説 Legends about pottery .


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2018-07-08

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. raichoo 雷鳥 grouse, snow grouse "thunder bird" .
3 to explore

. Raijin 雷神と伝説 Legends about the God of Thunder .
43 - collecting

. Raijuu, Raijū 雷獣 Raiju Thunder Beast Yokai and Legends .
- and tenpi 天火 "fire from heaven", lightning

. rakuda 駱駝 / ラクダ camel legends, Kamel .

. ranma 欄間 transom, panel - Legends .

. reiki 霊亀 a mysterious turtle, spirit turtle, divine turtle .

reikon 霊魂 soul of a human being
. Ochanomizu 御茶の水 Bunkyo ward Tokyo .
121 霊魂 to collect

reimu 霊夢 oracle dream
. Temple 光源寺 Kogen-Ji Bunkyo, Tokyo .
. 徳川有親 Tokugawa Arichika .
. Yakushidoo 薬師堂 Yakushi-Do Temples .
52 to explore

. reisui 霊水と伝説 Legends about miraculous water .


. Rokubu 六部 Rokubu pilgrims, 六十六部 Rokujurokubu - Legends .


. Rokugoo, Rokugō 六郷 Rokugo, "Six villages" and legends .

. Rokusan sama 六三さま Deity of Illness .

. roonin 浪人 Ronin, legends about masterless Samurai .


. roosoku 蝋燭 candle .
22 to explore


. runin 流人 an exiled person .
11 to explore


. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends . *
to explore

. ryuuja 竜蛇と伝説 Legends about Ryuja / Ryuda - a Dragon Serpent .

. ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo- Legends about female dragons .
83 to collect
73 竜女成仏譚


. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 龍灯 / 竜灯 Ryuto, "Dragon Lantern" legends .


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. saints, priests, holy men in legends .
上人 法人 - zenshi 禅師 Zen priests - 修験者 shugenja 山伏 yamabushi
shoonin, seijin 聖人 saint
27 to explore



. Sado Densetsu 佐渡伝説 Sado Island Legends, Niigata . *
more than 350 to explore

. Sai no Kawara 賽の河原 Dead Children's limbo .
14 to explore

. saisenbako 賽銭箱 box for donations .
5 to explore

. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 .
40 legends to explore

. sake 酒 and o-miki お神酒 rice wine rituals and legends .


. same 鮫 (さめ) shark .
35 to explore

. Sanada clan 真田幸村 Sanada Yukimura .
44 to explore

sanba 産婆 midwife
. yoobo 妖姥 / ヨウボ old monster hag - midwife . - Tokyo
39 to explore

. Sanbasoo 三番叟 Sanbaso Dancer legends .

sanbi and shinibi 産火(サンビ) sanbi "fire of life" and 死火(シニビ)shinibi "fire of death"
people come together for the funeral and eat a meal together
. Misaki ミサキ / 御先 / 御前 / 御崎 the Misaki deity .

. Sanbo Kojin 三宝荒神 "the fierce deities of the three treasures" . - Legends

. sanshi no mushi 三尸の虫と伝説 Legends about the three worms 三尸虫 .
12 to collect

. sankin kootai 参勤交代 Sankin Kotai Daimyo attendance in Edo .
- - - - - daimyō gyōretsu 大名行列 Daimyo Gyoretsu procession to Edo

. sanshoo 山椒 Sansho mountain pepper .
14 to explore

. Sanzu no Kawa 三途の川 River Sanzu, the river on the way to hell .
19 to explore

. saotome 早乙女 legends about women planting rice .

. saru 申 / 猿 monkey, Affe .
382 to collect // shirozaru, hakuen 白猿 white monkey


. Sarutahiko densetsu 猿田彦伝説 Sarutahiko Legends .

. satoo 砂糖 と伝説 Sato - Legends about sugar - Zucker .

. satoimo sato-imo 里芋 Taro potato / Colocasia antiquorum .
20 to explore

. seki 堰 weir - kigo .
48 to collect

. Sekigahara battle 関ヶ原の戦い and 大谷刑部 Otani Gyobu .
and Iris at Kawakami Hachimangu 川上八幡宮 Shrine

. sekihan, aka no meshi, sekihan 赤飯 red Azuki beans with rice .
. a wolf legend from Miyagi .
112 legends to explore

. sekitoo 石塔 / セキトウ と伝説 Legends about Sekito stone towers .
43 to collect

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 1000 arms .
15 collecting

. senko 線香 incense stick .
66 to collect

. sennin 仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals, mountain hermits .

. senryoobako 千両箱 Senryobako money box legends .

. seppuku 切腹 -- harakiri 腹切り ritual suicide .
to translate

. setomono 瀬戸物 pottery, crockery . *
8 to explore

. setsubun 節分 "seasonal divide" rituals - legends .
oni wa soto 鬼は外 "Demons, get out!" -
100 to explore


shakujo 錫杖 walking staff - a crozier, a crosier
20 to explore

. shamoji 杓文字, 杓、シャモジ / shakuji 杓子 ladle, rice paddle .
43 to explore

shari 舎利 relics of Buddha, Buddha's bones
36 to explore

. shinu 死ぬ Legends about death .
collecting
meido めいど【冥土 / 冥途】 the Netherworld, nether world, underworld
pokkuri  ぽっくり sudden death / daioojoo 大往生 daiojo, tales about a peaceful death
raigō 来迎 Raigo, the soul on the way to paradise
rinjuu 臨終 Rinju, death, deathbed
seikyoo 逝去 Seikyo
shi no yochoo 死の予兆 Yocho, forebodes of death
shiun, shi-un 紫雲 purple clouds
sosei 蘇生 revival; resuscitation from the dead
soshiki 葬式 / sogi 葬儀 funeral, Beerdigung



. shichiya 質屋 pawn shop legends .

. shii no ki 椎の木 Shii oak, pasania; chinquapin .
14 to explore (one Niigata, Yamanokami)

. shijukunichi 四十九日 legends about day 49 after death .
43 to collect

. shikimi 樒 / シキミ Skimmia, Illicium religiosum - ritual plant .
樒 13 // シキミ 06 to explore

. shimenawa 注連縄 伝説 sacred rope - legends .
50 to explore

. Shinagawa ku 品川区 "goods river" district legends .

shinbatsu 神罰 divine punishment
35 to explore - one from Nagano

. shinbutsu 神仏 kami to hotoke, the Deities of Japan . **

. Shinigami 死神 God of Death "Grim Reaper" .

. shinka 神火と伝説 Legends about "divine fire" .
- goshinka, go-shinka 御神火 "divine fire" from a volcano

. shinmei sama しんめい様 legends about the deity Shinmei Sama . **

. shinrei 神霊 / 心霊 spirit, Geist - Legends .
more than 60 collecting

. shinrei 神鈴 "bell of the gods" . *
206 to explore - clay bells and others

. shio 塩 と伝説 Legends about salt .
- collecting

. shishigashira 獅子頭 lion head mask / shishimai 獅子舞 lion dance legends .
collecting

. Shitenno-Ji 四天王寺 Osaka . *

. shizen saigai 自然災害 伝説 Natural Disasters and Legends .


. shooben, shoben 小便 pee, pissing .
192 to collect

. shoobu 菖蒲 Shobu, Japanese Iris . *
122 to explore / 菖蒲湯

. shoochuu 焼酎 Shochu strong liquor . *
14 to explore

. shooji 障子 paper sliding doors .
89 to collect

. Shoomen, Shomen Kongo, Seimen Kongo 青面金剛 .

. Shōmu Tennō 聖武天皇 Emperor Shomu Tenno (707 - 755) .

. Shōnai 庄内地方 Shōnai district, Shonai in Yamagata .
23 legends to explore

. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (574 - 622) .
collecting

. shooya 庄屋 Shoya, village headman .
113 to collect

. shooyu 醬油 / 醤油 と伝説 Legends about Shoyu Soy Sauce .


. shugoshin 守護神 (しゅごしん)(shugojin) protector deity, tutelary deity .
59 to explore


silk 絹 kinu and related legends .
silkworm, kaiko 蚕, kuwago 桑子 "mulberry child"

. soba 蕎麦 Legends about buckwheat .

. sosei 蘇生 revival; resuscitation from the dead .
35 to explore

. sotoba 塔婆 grave marker . / Gorintō 五輪塔 Gorinto stupa
27 to collect

. sugegasa 菅笠と伝説 Legends about the sedge hat .

. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .
77 to explore

. sugoroku 双六と伝説 Legends about the board game Sugoroku .
35 to explore

. suishoo 水晶 Legends about crystals / chrystals / Kristall .

. suikazura スイカズラ / 吸葛 / nindoo 忍冬 と伝説 honeysuckle .
Lonicera japonica /

. suinan 水難 legends about water accidents .
kappa yoke 河童除け
53 水難 to collect

. . Suitengu 水天宮 Shrine for the Water God .
27 to collect

. Sumida ku, Sumida-ku 墨田区 Sumida ward, "ink field" legends . - Tokyo

. sumigama 炭竈 と伝説 Legends about charcoal kilns .
- - - 91 炭焼き (00)

. surume スルメ 伝説 Legends about the squid, Kalamar .
- translate

. suzume 雀(すずめ) sparrow, Spatzen .
89 to explore

. suzuri 硯 inkstone .
25 硯 to explore (01)


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. saba 鯖と伝説 Legends about mackerel, Makrele .
50 to explore


. sagi 鷺 heron .
"blue heron", aosagi 青鷺 / "white heron", egret, shirasagi 白鷺
22 to explore


. sakana 魚 fish - food and kigo .
- katame no sakana 片目の魚 fish with one eye
25 to explore
katame buna 片目鮒 / katame no buna 片目の鮒 buna fish with one eye (see above)
. katame uo 片目魚 fish with one eye . - Kobe, Hyogo
- - - - - katame no 片目の things with one eye . . .
87 to explore - 片目の鮭 - 片目の鰻 - 片目の鰍
- . fish with scales like a torii 鳥居 gate . - Nerima, Tokyo


. sake 鮭 legends about the salmon . *
- and the pair of 鮭の大助 Sake no Osuke / Kosuke
47 legends to explore

. Salmon Osuke Legends .


. sanshoouo, sanshoo uo 山椒魚 salamander .
6 to explore

. saru 猿 / 申 monkey .
猿王丸 Saruomaru and the Heike
. carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .
- more than 300 entries to explore - yokai database -

. sazae 栄螺 . サザエ turban shell . *

. semi 蝉 cicada, Zikade .
15 to explore

. shika 鹿 deer .
more than 200 legends to explore
- - - - - . hakuroku, hakushika, shirojika 白鹿 white deer .


. shinboku 神木, shinju 神樹 sacred tree, divine tree .
many to explore

. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子と伝説 Legends about Prince Shotoku .

sue musume, suemusume 末娘 youngest daughter
. bakko バッコ(末娘) youngest daughter, Akita .
20 to explore

. suzume 雀(すずめ) sparrow, Spatzen .
89 to explore


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. ta-asobi 田遊び Ta'asobi - Spring ritual of the fields .
10 to explore

. tabi 足袋 split-toe socks .
27 to explore

. tai 鯛 sea bream .
18 to explore


. taika 大火と伝説 Legends about big fires .
55 to collect

. taimatsu 松明 torch .
50 to collect

. Taishakuten 帝釈天 Taishaku Ten .

. Taitoo, Taitō 台東区 Taito Ward, Edo and its legends .


. taka 鷹 hawk .
83 to collect

. takagari 鷹狩 hunting with hawks .
9 to explore (01)

. Takasago Legend 高砂伝説 - an old couple and the pine .

take 竹 bamboo
. takezaiku 竹細工 craft from bamboo - legends .
921 竹 to collect

take 茸 mushrooms
28 to explore
- - - . hiratake 平茸 oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) .


. Takefu town legends 武生市伝説 . - Fukui *

. takenoko bamboo shoot legends - 筍 / 竹の子 伝説 .

takeyabu 竹薮 bamboo grove
. takeyabu in Azabu 麻布 Azabu. Minato ward, Tokyo. .
33 to explore


taki 滝 waterfall
. "Fudo no Taki" 不動の滝 .
. 滝壷 Takitsubo and Yamanokami .
. 鼠餅の大滝 Nezumochi Otaki / 鼠餅瀧 - Yamanokami - Gifu .
08 滝 山の神 Yamanokami
34 滝壷 to explore
593 滝壷 to explore

. tako 凧伝説 Legends about Kites .

. tanabata 七夕 star festival .
47 to explore

. tanishi 田螺 mud snails, paddy snails - Cipango paludina .
40 to collect

. Tanokami, Ta no Kami 田の神 God of the Fields - Legends .
more than 100 to collect

. tansu 箪笥 / 簞笥 / たんす chest of drawers legends, Kommode .
to translate

tantoo 短刀 the short sword
24 to explore


. tara 鱈 cod fish .
12 to explore / 五駄鱈 / ゴンダラ Gondara from Miyagi

tatariyama, tatari yama 崇り山 cursed mountain
15 to explore

. tateishi 立石 "standing stone" .
32 collecting

. ten, itachi 鼬 / 貂 /、イタチ weasel .
42 to collect

. Tengu 天狗 long-nosed goblin . *
1378 legends to explore - karasu tengu 烏天狗 Tengu with a beak

. Tenjin Sama 天神菅原道真伝説 Legends about Tenjin Sugawara Michizane . *
to explore

. tenugui 手ぬぐい /手拭い cotton hand towel .
more than 65 to collect

. tenshukaku 天守閣 castle tower, castle keep - Legends .
25 櫓 yagura, to explore

. teramachi 寺町 temple town, temple district - Legends .
55 to explore

. tetsubin 鉄瓶と伝説 Legends about iron tea kettles .
and chagama 茶釜と伝説 Legends about tea kettles, water kettles


. tokage 蜥蜴 lizzard .
07 to explore

. toigiki 問い聞き / 問聞 / トイギキ と伝説 Legends about Shamanism .
- hotokeoroshi ホトケオロシ / 仏オロシ "calling a Buddha (dead person) to earth"
kamioroshi カミオロシ / 神おろし / 神降ろし "calling a Kami to earth"
- ムジナ落とし mujina otoshi,八卦 hakke, hakka seeking religious help and divination
many to explore

. tokko, dokko 独鈷 と伝説 Legends about the Vajra Thunderbolt .

. tokkuri 徳利 sake flask .
33 to collect

. Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康 . (1543 - 1616) .

. tonya, toiya 問屋と伝説 Legends about trade brokers .
to translate

. Toodaiji 東大寺 Todai-Ji in Nara .

. toofu 豆腐 Tofu, Dofu, bean curd . *
49 legends to explore
- and abura-age 112 entries (with the inari fox mostly)

. toogarashi 唐辛子 Togarashi, red pepper, hot pepper .
9 to explore

. tora トラ - 虎 - 寅 Tiger and toys .
112 虎 to collect

. Toribeno legends 鳥辺野, とりべの, 鳥べの .
an old burial ground since the Heian period in the Higashiyama 東山 area near Mt. Amidagamine 阿弥陀が峰in Kyoto.

. torii 鳥居と伝説 Shinto Shrine gate legends .
72 to collect

. Toshitokujin 歳徳神 God of the New Year - Legends .

. Totsukawa / Totsugawa 十津川と伝説 Legends about Totsukawa village - Nara .

Toyotomi Hideyoshi 秀吉
17 豊臣秀吉
33 秀吉 to explore / 11 太閤

. Trees - Legends about trees - 木と伝説 .

. tsubaki つばき / 椿 camellia .
127 椿 to collect / 65 椿村

. tsue 杖 stick, walking stick - Wanderstab .
collecting


. tsukimono 憑き物 bewitched .
Being bewitched by a fox, badger, a Yokai or other ill-meaning foe was pretty common in Japan,
there are many legends and tales about it.


. Tsunami Legends 津波 .

. tsurube otoshi 釣瓶落し throwing a well bucket . sunset .
8 to explore

. tsuwari つわりと伝説 Legends about morning sickness .
kuseyami クセヤミ 8 to explore // tsuwari つわり 11 to explore


. Typhoon legends - taifū 台風 伝説 Taifun Legenden .
- - - - - 風神 Fujin, God of Wind / 雷神 Raijin, God of Thunder



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. taka 鷹 hawk .
81 legends to explore
- - - - - . takagari 鷹狩り falconry, hunting with hawks .


. tako 蛸と伝説 Tako Legends about Octopus .
38 to explore


. tanuki 狸 mujina 狢 - badger legends . *
more than 1000 to explore
- - - . Tanuki and Sake 狸とお酒 .


toraneko 虎猫 tiger-cat
. carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .
- 10 toraneko legends to explore -


. tsubame つばめツバメ / 燕  swallow .
83 to explore / ツバメ 25

. Tsuchinoko (ツチノコ or 槌の子) hammerspawn. *
bachi hebi (バチヘビ) in Northeastern Japan.
40 legends to explore


. tsuru 鶴 the crane in Japanese culture .
more than 200 legends to explore

tsuru no ongaeshi 鶴の恩返し The Gratitude of the Crane  
a story about the rewards of kindness and the danger of curiosity.

. Tsuru carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .


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. ubugami 産神 "deity of birth" .
Hōkigami 箒神 Hokigami, Hahakigami - the Broom Deity .
45 産神 to explore
. Tokyo, Toshima ward 豊島区 - ubugami .


. udon うどん / 饂飩 Udon noodles .
30 to collect

. udonge 優曇華 / ウドンゲ と伝説 Legends about Udonge flowers .

. ujigami 氏神 deity of family, clan .
199 to collect // 53 ujiko 氏子


. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説 horse legends .
to collect

. umakata 馬方 owner of a horse - legends .
to collect


. umeboshi 梅干と伝説 Legends about dried plums .


. umigame 海亀 sea turtle legends .

. umi no kami 海の神 deity of the sea - Legends .


. unagi 鰻 / うなぎ / ウナギ と伝説 Legends about the eel - Aal .
鰻 99 to explore / ウナギ 60 to explore / うなぎ 8 to explore

. unsui 雲水と伝説 Legends about itinerant monks .


. uranai 占い fortune telling, divination .
109 to explore (00)

. uri 瓜 gourd .
Urikohime 瓜子姫 The princess born from a gourd
kin no uritane / uridane 金の瓜種 - kin no uri 金のうり The golden gourd seeds

. uri 瓜, makuwa uri 真桑瓜 Oriental melon .
Cucumis melo var. makuwa
hisago 瓠 Hisago gourd, bottle gourd .


. urushi 漆 lacquer, Lack / shikki 漆器 laquer ware legends .
96 to explore

. usagi 兎 / 兔 / うさぎ / ウサギ と伝説 Legends about the rabbit / hare .
白兎 white rabbit from Inaba, 月山玉兎 Tamausagi from Gassan ...
28 ウサギ to explore


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. ushi 牛と伝説 Legends about ox, bull, cow, calf . . .
collecting

ushiishi, ushi-ishi, ushi ishi 牛石 "bull stone"
12 to explore (02) (Bunkyo ward) / 牛ヶ爪の牛石

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. ushi no koku 丑の刻 the spooky double-hour of the bull .
ushimitsu, ushi mitsu 牛三 / 丑三つ / 丑満ツ is from about 2 to 2:30 at night.
20 丑三つ
31 丑の刻 to collect

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. ushi no fun 牛の糞と伝説 Legends about cow dung .
13 to collect

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. ushitora 丑寅 North-East direction. ox-tiger direction .
11 to collect


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. waka 和歌 Waka poetry .
collecting

wakamiya 若宮 "Young Lord", Shinto Deity
65 to collect // Typhus legends, Kagoshima

. wakamizu 若水 first water of the New Year .
50 to collect

. wakizashi 脇差と伝説 Legends about the short sword .
14 to explore

wani 鰐 鰐魚 / 鰐ヶ渕 wanigafuchi (same 鮫 - 鮫鰐伝説) / 熊鰐
15 to explore


. waniguchi 鰐口 "crocodile's mouth" temple gong legends .


. warabi わらび / 蕨 bracken, fern .
23 to explore

. waraji - zoori 草鞋- 履 と伝説 Legends about straw sandals .
waraji 草鞋 45 to explore / zoori 草履 125 to explore ...


. wara ningyoo 藁人形 straw dolls for curses .
more to explore


. washi 鷲 eagle .
68 legends to explore


. water basin 手水 temizu, choozu . *
more to explore


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. Yagyu clan and legends 柳生一族と伝説 .
Yagyū Shinkage-ryū 柳生新陰流 Yagyu school of swordsmanship

. yakan 野干 a monster beast . *
(8 legends to explore) - probably ジャッカル jakkaru, jackal, or maybe a fox 狐.

. yakimono 焼物と伝説 Legends about pottery .
- setomono 瀬戸物 pottery, crockery, ceramics


. Yako, nogitsune 野狐 Yako fox Yokai monster .
44 to explore

. Yakubyoogami 疫病神 Yakubyogami, Deity of Diseases / ekijin, yakujin 疫神 .
45 to explore

. yakudoshi 厄年 year of calamity .
24 厄年 to collect
. Yakushi Nyorai Legends 薬師 / 薬師如来 / 薬師様 / 薬師さん .
The Buddha of Medicine and Healing

. Yakushima 屋久島 Yakushima island legends .


. Yamabiko 山彦 / やまびこ "Echo" and Yokai .
35 to explore

. yamabushi 山伏 修験者 shugenja mountain priest .
collecting

. yamame やまめ (山女) masu salmon - Oncorhynchus masou .
14 to explore ヤマメ / 03 山女魚 / 31 山女 (not to mix with yama onna)

. Yama no Kami, Yamanokami 山の神 God of the Mountain - Legends .
- collecting

. Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 and 山姫 Yamahime, "Mountain Hag" .
to explore

. Yamaotoko, yama-otoko 山男と伝説 Legends about the "Mountain Man" monster .
56 山男 to explore (one in Mie)

. Yamato Takeru 日本武尊 / 倭健命 - legendary Ousu 小碓命
22 legends to explore

. yamori ヤモリ / 守宮 / 屋守 / 野守 Japanese gecko .
6 to explore


. yanagi 柳 willow tree .
- - - - - . - daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake - .
jayanagi (hebiyanagi) 蛇柳 the "serpent willow tree" Snake Willow - Kabuki
explore

Yasha 夜叉 / 夜叉神
24 to explore


. yashikigami 屋敷神 "estate deities" .
138 to collect


. yooji, tsumayooji 楊枝 Yoji, toothpick .
21 legends to explore

. yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters and their legends .

yooshi 養子 adopted child
. Legend from Kohinata 小日向 Kohinata, Tokyo .
26 to explore

. Yoshiwara 葦原 / 吉原 pleasure quarters in Edo . *

. yumemakura 夢枕 "dream pillow" legends .
collecting

. yuurei 幽霊 Yurei ghosts .
collecting

. yuujo 遊女 Yujo, "woman to play with", cheap prostitute .
20 collecting

. yuuzen 友禅 Yokai wearing Yuzen kimonos .




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. zaimoku 材木 timber, lumber .
71 to collect

. zashiki warashi 座敷わらし child spook - Iwate .
16 to explore // 137 ザシキワラシ zashikiwarashi (01)

. zatoo 座頭 blind minstrel .
23 to explore


zazen 座禅 practising Zazen meditation
9 to explore
. Hotei 布袋 practising Zazen .



. zeni 銭 coins .
164 to explore
Zenibatake ゼニバタケ / 銭畑 "Field of Zeni coins" in Tottori

. Zenwanbuchi 膳椀淵 "river pool for trays and bowls" .
lending food trays for weddings by Kappa, Yamanokami and others . . .
97 to explore

. zooni 雑煮 New Year soup .
10 雑煮 to collect


. zui-un 瑞雲 auspicious clouds .


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