Vocabulary

benevolent deities who protect the dharma

twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect)

Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism)

outer lid

Yama's pole (with a human head on the top)

displaying utensils after tea ceremony

second play on the program

second play on the program

Edo-style kabuki

kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style

Edo-style kabuki

kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

little owl (Athene noctua)

northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula)

Tengmalm's owl (Aegolius funereus); boreal owl

spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)

dire wolf (extinct, Canis dirus)

cave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus)

nodding anemone (Anemone cernua)

yak tail hair

black yak's tail

yak hair dyed red; red hair

hair tied with red yak's tail hair

mother bear with two cubs

bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China)

eight delicacies

Koryo dynasty tea bowl

Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)

Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)

midwife

greediness; avariciousness

common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena

roe deer (Capreolus capreolus); European roe

slag

field

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

profitable basis; paying basis; economic basis

equalizing goal; equalizer

prompt conclusion; early conclusion