eating food prepared from the kettle in the underworld; it is believed that once this food is eaten, the dead may never return to the land of the living

tradition / legend / folklore

to believe / to trust / to believe in (God, etc.)

Kyūjitai form of 竃

(Shinto, archaic) the land of the dead; the afterworld, underworld

(Shinto) the land of the dead; the afterworld, underworld

Alternative spelling of 黄泉路 (yomiji): the road to the land of the dead; by extension, the underworld itself

an underground spring / the underworld, the land of the dead

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend