Vocabulary

beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

pickle on a stick (usually a cucumber)

feeling of transparency; sense of translucence

photo exhibition; exhibition of photographs; photograph exhibition; photographic exhibition

earth removed from a mine (or tunnel, etc.)

evacuation door; escape hatch

organ trade

poi

vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards

Dragon's beard candy; Chinese cotton candy; Chinese pastry, similar to Turkish pishmaniye or Persian pashmak (thin pastry threads outside, filling inside)

hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy

yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook

festival game in which players scoop up bouncy balls floating in water

festival game of scooping up plastic cartoon figurines floating in water; character scooping

study of religious doctrine

doctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)

wholesomeness while meditating and in one's daily affairs

shear (wind, fluids)

prostitute

chanting the invocation to Amida Buddha

chanting an invocation (to Amida Buddha); reciting a prayer

contemplation of phenomena

reading of sutras

contemplation of principle

chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub

contemplation (on Amida Buddha, the Pure Land, etc.)

scooping

hydroponics; aquaculture; water culture; tank farming

low fecundity

hog cholera; swine fever

half-crying; being on the verge of crying

the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion)

booth; stall

credit rating

in operation (of a machine, especially security cameras); in use; in action

double doors (opening from the centre)

preliminary results; intermediate results; in-progress total

major banks; leading banks

vehicles of all types; all vehicles