Vocabulary

Islamic calendar

Islamic calendar

Hegira; Hejira; Hijra

Islamic law; sharia law

initial opening (esp. of a temple)

sorry to trouble you, but ...; excuse me, but ...; pardon me, but ...

western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki)

thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

pilgrimage of the Saigoku-Sanjūsansho (33 temples in the Kinki region)

thirty-four (orig. thirty-three) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture

thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)

to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish)

binchō charcoal; high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak

ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

forbearance (in the face of difficulty, persecution, etc.)

ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

rice vinegar

black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice

ping pong dash; ding dong dash

door chime; doorbell

doorbell

deuteron

Hida salamander (Hynobius kimurae)

fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)

silverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens); thorny elaeagnus; thorny olive

goumi (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus multiflora); cherry silverberry

crescent sweetlips (species of fish, Plectorhinchus cinctus)

Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)

Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)

top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar

Roche limit; Roche's limit (closest that a natural satellite can come to the center of a planet without disintegrating due to tidal forces)

large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card

extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire

polyvinyl chloride pipe; PVC pipe

polyvinyl chloride pipe; PVC pipe

polyvinyl chloride pipe; PVC pipe

polyvinyl chloride pipe; PVC pipe