Vocabulary

cold Chinese noodles served with a dipping sauce separately

wombat

namul (Korean dishes consisting of seasoned vegetables)

common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

capsaicin

Aboriginal languages (of Australia)

ao dai (traditional Vietnamese dress)

Aboriginal languages (of Australia)

Tasmanian aborigine

Korean

Tasmanian tiger

Korean lettuce

coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro; dhania; Chinese parsley

tom yum goong (Thai soup dish)

rainforest

taurine

top-grade rice flour made from non-glutinous rice

freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice

screech owl (Otus asio)

Japanese scops-owl (Otus semitorques)

small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

a number of interesting stories; book containing a number of interesting stories

dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)

the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine

expounding the teachings of Buddha; spinning the dharma wheel

Buddhist sermon hall

see you; bye; ciao

thereupon; therefore; because of that

Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

not knowing

tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree)

bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

early evening cloud; clouds at sunset

the art of war; strategy; tactics

piece of evidence; evidence

souvenir

upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

one's true nature

Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)