Vocabulary

food cooked in miso; cooking in miso

seeing clearly; seeing without obstruction; looking into every nook and corner

introductory article; advertisement

round haul netter; seine netter; purse seiner

Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

corrupt official

contemplating Buddha while chanting his name

joint venture of government and business; business venture financed jointly by the public and private sectors; semi-public sector; third sector

noodles topped with tenkasu

soft-boiled egg

thick noodles; thick pasta

completely satisfied; as pleased as can be

chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

Donaldson trout (hybrid of steelhead, cutthroat, and rainbow trout)

household garbage; household trash; household refuse

poor region; deprived area

pencil lead case (for a mechanical pencil)

semibasement; semi-basement

maté; yerba maté tea

salad of minced Welsh onions, seafood, and vinegared miso

regional Sanuki cuisine, usu. of minced vegetables, seafood, and vinegared miso

title of a sutra; name of a sacred text

frequency; popularity; currency

five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation

deep gratitude; heartfelt appreciation; not forgetting to express one's gratitude

straight-chain; open-chain; acyclic; linear

helminthiasis

sodium oxalate

pancreatic pain; pancreatalgia

vaginal cancer

cystography; cystogram

to bound; to set a boundary

court rank

chapter title; section title; volume title

volumes and chapters

to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt

to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to

Taiwanese bamboo raft

Mother (as in Mother Earth, Mother Nature, etc.)

Mother Earth