Vocabulary

Japan's envoy to Sui dynasty China

Wu dynasty reading of Chinese characters

Vimalakirti Sutra

Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)

fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

tiara

meteorite

pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)

phrases, etc. at the ends of letters, etc.

paper towel (esp. for drying one's hands); paper hand towel

earth-friendly; ecological; sustainable

to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

superphosphate

casual; doing something without taking it too seriously

river fishing

ripples on a river

tanning

leather strap; thong; leash

leather cover; leather binding

to relieve each other; to take turns (to do)

joy; enjoyment; delight; pleasure

simplicity; brevity

ring; link

boater; (flat) straw hat

outside the jurisdiction (of)

dry-bulb

calomel (mercury chloride)

ineffective move (in go or shogi); wasted move

sensitive; susceptible; impressionable

to seal; to shut; to close

passage; paragraph

to go with the flow; to go with the times

eyes

tooling cost; die cost

(metal) tooling cost; tool charges

clever; smart

counter for languages

easy profit

whether (or not); if

culling; putting down; slaughtering; killing