Vocabulary

notched trowel

intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness

voluptuous body; gorgeous body

pen writing; character written with a pen

The Agency for Buddhists and Foreigners (ritsuryō system)

green crop; green vegetable

Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty; Mongol dynasty

(sign of) combing; comb pattern (esp. pottery)

sawhorse; sawbuck

armed struggle

the three worms (in Taoism); worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings

Shōmen Kongō; Blue-Faced Vajra; blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period

Sarutahiko (deity)

kōshin-machi; staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle to prevent the three worms that were said to inhabit the human gut from reporting one's wrongdoings to the gods; a tradition that began among nobility in the Heian period and became widespread during the Edo period

cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)

Japanese vellum

enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes)

spinetail devil ray (Mobula japanica); Japanese devil ray

oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris); giant oceanic manta ray

hwabyeong (Korean somatization disorder arising from repressed anger); hwabyung

Kyōwa-go; Japanese-based pidgin language spoken in Manchukuo

superior mesenteric artery syndrome

red lionfish (Pterois volitans)

early Japanese Christian

Beiyang Army

auxiliary inflecting word; in Japanese, auxiliary verbs and adjectives

laser pointer; laser pen

model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon

mechanic

body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)

sake in a tumbler; glassful of sake

directional antenna

intentionality

desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

Yagi antenna

frame antenna

planar antenna

dipole antenna

rawin (radio wind direction finding)

radio frequency; RF