Vocabulary

men's language; male language

hill

state-owned land; crown land (UK, Australia, etc.)

wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting)

small garden best enjoyed while sitting at a fixed viewing point

stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it

pavilion in a garden (used to keep cool); gazebo

fragmentary remains of a large set of writings; the odd volume; a few pages

(finger) ring

chevron (military rank insignia)

chevron (in heraldry)

waxing and waning (of the moon); phase

sound of rustling leaves

end (of a family bloodline)

keen eyesight; the eyesight of Lilou (character with superior eyesight in ancient Chinese folklore)

xenoturbellan (either of two species of worm-like basal deuterostomes)

bond redemption; debenture redemption

pivot hinge

door made of one or several wooden planks and no door framework

panelled wooden door

complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized)

garden style

pulmonary blood flow

stile; doorjamb; doorpost; vertical frame element on the left or right of a door or window

side of the road; roadside

crosspiece (between pillars, etc.); penetrating tie beam

pure rice

ginjō sake with no added alcohol; junmai ginjō sake

idiot; dummy; slow person

cut bamboo

sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground)

planta; planta pedis; sole of the foot

free markets and open guilds

boat reserved for nobles

sadism

biodegradable plastic

another place; somewhere else; elsewhere

banishment; exile

self-removal of stitches (esp. of pets, animals); self-extraction of sutures

deep indigo