Vocabulary

lone (isolated) force; forlorn force

solitary castle; isolated castle

isolation

isolationism

temple kitchen; monastery kitchen

arc light

arc shape; crescent shape

arc (of a circle)

degree of curvature

outdoor photography

head of a household

family registration official

reason; cause; circumstances; grounds

old acquaintance

buying stolen goods; receiving

desolate field; withered field

hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)

on the lake

lake surface

pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus; elf-fire; fen-fire

lattice work

being in doubt and unable to decide; hesitation and indecision

foxes and tanuki

udon with deep-fried tofu

bare livelihood; subsistence

overlap width; margin for pasting together (e.g. two pieces of paper)

starching (e.g. clothes)

ceremony fitting child with a hakama

close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants

hip joint; coxa

one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman

wandering life of a gambler

North China barbarian nations

gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture

sesame oil

Tiger Swallow Fist

crib notes; key (to a diagram)

stingfish (Inimicus japonicus); scorpion fish; stonefish

lion's den; very dangerous place or situation; tiger's den

tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place