Vocabulary

actuary

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine

evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree

solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

bedding

scarf hold (in judo)

punishment room; penal cell

one's own garden; one's own cultivated land

arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

mound made in the image of Mt. Fuji

land owned by a Shinto shrine

land owned by a Shinto shrine

allowable difference; tolerance; leeway

Yue Chinese (language)

flamberge; sword with undulations in the blade

company-owned land

small mammal; small animal

West Australian butterflyfish (Chaetodon assarius); Assarius butterflyfish; Western butterflyfish

reconstructing (shrine, temple, etc.); altering

gore; triangular piece of fabric, used for making skirts, umbrellas, etc.

station melody; departure melody; melody sounded on a station platform just before the doors of a train are closed

Janissaries (elite infantry in the Ottoman Empire); Janissary corps

polyether

project manager

leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata, species found along the Pacific coast of North America)

apogee

stain

diameter

Indian curry

India

India

New Delhi (India)

Islamabad (Pakistan)

downgrade; downgrading

popular theory; widely-accepted theory

Intelpost; International Electronic Post

Hagi ware; Hagi pottery