Vocabulary

(in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G)

(in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp)

(in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp)

(in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F)

(in China) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F)

(in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E)

(in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E)

(in Japan) 2nd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp)

second note of the ancient Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D sharp)

fundamental tone in the traditional Japanese 12-tone scale (approx. D)

1st note of the traditional Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D)

six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)

treble range (in Japanese music); high note

bass range (in Japanese music)

Aeolian mode

thumbing (in boxing, poking a thumb in one's opponent's eye)

fluid

brake fluid

Ionian mode

ōshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

banshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

ichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

taishiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)

hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)

hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)

anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)

onahole; pocket pussy; sex sleeve; masturbation device that mimics female genitalia

miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)

folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)

ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)

natural minor scale

whole-tone scale

melodic minor scale

harmonic minor scale

heterosexual (person)

Cham (people)

yacon (Andean species of plant grown for its tuber; Smallanthus sonchifolius)

stromatolite

Group of Seven; G7