Vocabulary

snail

center versus periphery theory

song and dance performed as an offering to the gods

imperial princess; royal princess

scholar of Japanese mathematics; expert in Japanese mathematics

Japanese production; Japanese product

wasanbon; fine-grained Japanese sugar (traditionally used in wagashi)

empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object

high-grade white sugar imported from China

imperial prince

small child (esp. a servant child in the Heian-period imperial palace)

unripe fruit

suppletion

grand kagura performance at Ise

light-brown rice; half-polished rice; partially polishing rice

of course; for sure; definitely

to dig up lotus roots

lotus root

lotus root

to die (of a poet, artist, etc.)

white gem

unpolished and uncut gem

to take care of

emphatic prefix

chicken Kiev

Susiddhikara Sutra

Garbhadhatu Mandala; Womb Realm Mandala; Matrix Realm Mandala

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings

main gate; front gate

living; livelihood

first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being

various buddhas, bodhisattvas, deities, etc.

wide and deep (of a body of water); voluminous

rural landscape; rural scenery

three-lips (freshwater fish of the minnow family, Opsariichthys uncirostris)

flying fish roe

flying fish roe