Tokyo Ravens - Volume 7 - Chapter Aft

Translator's Notes and References

1 Literally means 'nine syllables'. Refers to a collection of mantras that consist of nine syllables.
2 Probably means Indian Buddhism.
3 Japanese males and females talk differently.
4 See Volume 4 Story 1.
5 Meaning that Kon is angry.
6 One of the short stories.
7 Supposed to be some political party.
8 Probably means something like 'relaxed'.
9 Of World War 2.
10 One who practices shugendo, an ancient Buddhist sect.
11 This is not to answer Tenma's question, but rather to approve of his question.
12 A flowering plant.
13 Meant to prevent suffering and pain rather than cure the underlying condition.
14 'Blacky'
15 This is slightly different in the Japanese text. The first 'Shadow' is literally 'Shadow' in English, while the second one is the Japanese word for Shadow. Apparently, it's more pretentious to have a nickname directly from English.
16 Priest Doman.
17 Literally eight million gods. A Shinto expression referring to the collection of natural gods.
18 The philosopher Jung.

19 In Kanji, 'Ryou' and 'Suzu' are the same character (凉). Their hiragana are りょう versus すず. She would write Saotome in Kanji and switch to hiragana for the Suzu portion, i.e. 早乙女すず.
20 Literally written as 'halfup' in English.
21 The people of Yase, part of Kyoto, who traditionally carried the imperial coffin.
22 Literally 'enclosing rope'. Rope that indicates a sacred or pure space in the Shinto religion.
23 These refer to various constellations.
24 The area where many of the events of Volume 3 take place.
25 A Buddhist symbol representing a universe. Generally rotationally symmetric to some degree.
26 A bodhisattva of Mahayana Buddhism.
27 A ritual speech similar to a mantra.
28 An unexpected event that couldn't be helped.
29 In legend, Watanabe used Higekiri to cut off Kakugyouki's hand.
30 A reference to Old Maid, where getting the joker is a bad thing.
31 Right after this, he gives a brief explanation of the characters of 'Masumi' and makes a joke based upon those characters, which have been left out here.
32 Mukoyoshi, where an adult man takes his wife's surname. Usually when the wife's family is of higher status and does not have a male heir.
33 A god of Buddhist mythology. Has a large beard.
34 Also read 'enma'.
35 Acala is the god with which Fire Realm is associated.
36 Recall that 'Hirata' was the one who bombed Doman's car when he surrendered and was about to be taken prisoner.
37 Yes, this is a repeat.
38 Recall that Natsume is wearing part of Harutora's uniform.