Vocabulary

spinning wheel

alembic

even though it is not; despite not

to endeavor to; to try to; to want to

dome-shaped

viral encephalitis

arrow slit; arrow-loop; gun loop; gun port

Raman effect (of inelastic photon scattering)

lenticular; lens-shaped

warpaint

gamepad

config; configuration

salted rice-bran paste for pickling

final boss

up and down; lightly; nimbly; moving in small leaps as a frog or rabbit

sound of something being powerfully ejected

abbreviated Japanese traditional calendar (presented in a smaller, easy-to-use format)

abbreviated Japanese traditional calendar (presented in a smaller, easy to use, format)

pilgrimage; travelling around (by a monk)

God of directions (generic terms referring to many different Gods)

Konjin; God of (unlucky) directions

the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the traditional calendar for each year (in Onmyōdō)

Saisetsu; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Saiha; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Hyōbi; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Saikyō; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Taisai; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Daion; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Ōban; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky

auspicious day for any activity (according to the traditional calendar)

49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain)

dark lilac (color); royal blue

wedge; lynchpin; cotter

being very talented and intelligent; talented and intelligent person

card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations

low-ranking official

quitting one's job as a government official to return to live quietly in one's own native region

high-ranking official

poet