Vocabulary

Protectorate General of Annam (Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE)

Protectorate General to Pacify the West (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE)

light yellowish green

lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

Chanyu (supreme leader of the Xiongnu people)

blow with the flat of a sword

Tiele people; a Central Asian Turkic people

Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands (Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE)

Protectorate General of Beiting (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE)

to happen to be available; to have on hand; to have in stock

travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)

Protector General (Tang-period Chinese official)

to have the tables turned on one

like minds gather

leather or cloth wrapped around the handle of a sword

mother

father

sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge

to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate

alcohol and meat; food and drink

worn-out silk clothes; cheap items

to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound

to spy on

revolving lantern

Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i

red globular shape; red ball signal shape (marine safety context)

white diamond shape; white diamond signal shape (marine safety context)

Act on Preventing Collisions at Sea

Act on Maritime Traffic Safety

Port Regulations Act

street palanquin

else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides

staying somewhere cheaply

decorated umbrella; figured paper parasol

young and immature

fishing for young anchovy, sardines, etc.

type of amulet sold at Shinto shrines

gap between the clouds

game-cassette; game cartridge

Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge)