Vocabulary

thermoforming

Kumamoto rice shōchū

polyvinylidene chloride

poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless

inside of the front cover (of book); front end-paper

muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking

encephalomyopathy

inside the back cover (book); rear end-paper

uncle

uncle (one's father's older brother)

uncle (one's father's younger brother)

to panic; to act frantically; to act bizarrely

Prajnaparamita Sutra; Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists)

to blunder; to bungle; to fail

prajna-paramita (perfection of wisdom)

destroyer escort

police force; police squad

to consent to; to assent to

colloquialism; slang

liquid gold (used for applying gold to ceramics, etc.)

fuel surcharge

fuel oil; fuel

unexpected

Ludwigia stipulacea (species of primrose-willow)

winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)

upstage right (on a noh stage)

upstage right (on a noh stage)

upstage center (in a noh play)

upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play

upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

downstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself

downstage left pillar (on a noh stage)

noh chorus seating area; side stage (noh)

stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus

stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus

self-introduction (of a character)

to give one's name; to introduce oneself

boiling