Vocabulary

frequency table; frequency distribution table

birthplace; hometown

plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

fugu sashimi

birthplace

Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol

consumption of alcohol (as prohibited by one of the Buddhist precepts)

earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings

book in Sanskrit characters (e.g. scripture); book from India

division of a religious sect; branch of a school

absorption of heat

exothermic reaction; exothermal reaction; exoergic reaction

endothermic reaction; endothermal reaction; endoergic reaction

herbal medicine

extremely hot (esp. of sake)

close contact (with an infected person)

boorish; unrefined

Sanskrit writing; Sanskrit text

acrostic poem in which consecutive morae form the disguised name of an animal, plant, place, etc.

name of a thing

classical Japanese poetry hiding the theme name in consecutive morae

regarding with apprehension; viewing with anxiety

inexperienced provincial governor (ritsuryō period); provincial governor with no real ability or power

gambling

religious purification on fast days by abstaining from meat; day for abstention from eating meat and devotion

mixed cursive-style man'yōgana and hiragana writing

irregular conjugation of z-stem verbs; conjugation of verbs ending in "zu" or "zuru"

verb ending in "zu" or "zuru" (predecessor of modern -jiru verbs)

verb formed by adding "zuru" to a noun

spring landscape; spring scenery

fixed date; appointed day

rain scene; rainy landscape

light of the setting sun

fire tube (in a boiler); furnace flue; smoke tube

signal flare; fusee

libertarian

conurbation

mini patrol car; small police car

spring scenery