Vocabulary

shifting gears; changing gears

constipation

track maintenance

information; news; intelligence

direction; way

legal profession; judicial officer; lawyer; attorney

perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent

good catch; good haul

northern hemisphere

main thread (of a story)

permanent construction

principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance

every second

end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)

esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō

shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically

private ownership

sterilised; sterilized; sterile; pasteurised; pasteurized; germ-free

without notice; without leave (e.g. absence)

noted product; local specialty

copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing

(writing, painting) brush

deadly poison

Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha

supremacy; predominance; being superior to

prostitute; harlot

foresight; foreknowledge; divination

blank space; margin; blank canvas

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

little girl

wool

back and front; inside and outside; both sides

being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on

repetition; repeat; reiteration

pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse

things one is carrying; things one has on one's person

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer

vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor