Vocabulary

chi

psi

Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)

artist-monk

collection of stories (esp. myths, legends, etc.)

once upon a time; a long time ago

method of ordering; procedures for ordering

triple Axel

all together in a line; all together in a lump

not at all tense; relaxed; calm

having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly

stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness

somewhere; someplace

must not be concluded like this; shall not finish like this

poor and careless way of living

I; me; my humble self

swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)

swiftlet

common swift (Apus apus); European swift

European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)

diving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix)

giant petrel (esp. the southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus)

Cape pigeon; Cape petrel; pintado petrel (Daption capense)

sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca)

color of soot (colour)

Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis)

wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)

black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)

house swift (Apus nipalensis)

white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)

streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)

swallow's nest

pidgin language

creole

pidgin; pidgin language

white-rumped swift (Apus caffer)

short-sleeved kimono with a plain white backside

anilingus; analingus

deep throat (i.e. a concealed informant)