Vocabulary

song and dance performed as an offering to the gods

imperial princess; royal princess

scholar of Japanese mathematics; expert in Japanese mathematics

Japanese production; Japanese product

wasanbon; fine-grained Japanese sugar (traditionally used in wagashi)

empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object

high-grade white sugar imported from China

imperial prince

small child (esp. a servant child in the Heian-period imperial palace)

unripe fruit

suppletion

grand kagura performance at Ise

light-brown rice; half-polished rice; partially polishing rice

lotus root

lotus root

white gem

unpolished and uncut gem

chicken Kiev

Susiddhikara Sutra

Garbhadhatu Mandala; Womb Realm Mandala; Matrix Realm Mandala

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings

main gate; front gate

living; livelihood

first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being

various buddhas, bodhisattvas, deities, etc.

rural landscape; rural scenery

three-lips (freshwater fish of the minnow family, Opsariichthys uncirostris)

flying fish roe

flying fish roe

jumping match; running match

jumping match; running match

bubble wrap

footrace

children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards

children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards

staring contest

bush hammer