Tanuki Den (aka Homepost): Date 20220418
Tanuki Scroll XVIII: 幽霊の足跡
Read today’s Hyakumonogatari, from Osaka prefecture!
About the ghost of a woman who has been left to wander and cannot pass over, until a priest hears her story and helps her.
Japanese found in the tall grass
New Things
お勤め「おつとめ」ー One’s business; reading of scriptures before Buddha, can also be: 御勤め
本堂「ほんどう」ー Main temple building; nave
彷徨う「さまよう」ー To loiter; to wander about (I think I vaguely recognise this)
本尊「ほんぞん」ー Principal object of worship at a temple; principal image/idol
Forgotten Things
徳「とく」ー Virtue; benevolence