Vocabulary

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facial spasm; facial tic

striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)

artist's impression; picture based on one's imagination; imaginary rendering

conceptual perspective drawing

dark brown; reddish brown; polished brown

salmon pink; meat color

warp (on the page or cover of a book, making it splay open)

great teachings (of the Buddha)

special class for disabled children; special needs class

mental disorder

disabled person; person with a physical or mental disability

rise in stock price in response to rises of other stocks

everyday feelings; usual feelings

sex industry; prostitution

spy; secret agent; ninja

flail with a retractable iron weight and chain

intensive zazen meditation on a subject; knocking all into one

four kinds of birth in the six destinies

throwing in; tossing in

glamorous woman; seductive woman

manservant employed by a samurai (Edo period)

removal of dissolute sons from the family register (Edo period)

geisha, prostitute, etc. absconding without repaying indenture loans

sword worn on the hip

highest rank among priests

conical hat worn by Mount Koya missionaries (Edo period)

clear solution; clean decision

something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)

evil thief; wicked robber

kitchen work; housework

blink of an eye; instant; moment

drawing red lines

forked stick

stick with deer antlers attached (used by monks as a walking stick)

manager of itinerant entertainers (Edo period)

commission; brokerage; wages

fan seppuku; death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated

rice planting

box for holding letters