Vocabulary

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

educated; learned; schooled

pulmonary blood flow

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

biodegradable

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

indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive")

auxiliary verb indicating the causative voice

to be; to exist

to do

to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant

banishment; exile

lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position

extensive; open; vast

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

deep indigo

violet tinged with indigo

navy blue demon residing in hell

(horned) blue demon; blue ogre

shining; glittering

crack; slit; crevice; crevasse

light blue; pale blue

to row up to (e.g. a ship)

spinous process

membrane potential

protein