Vocabulary

facial spasm; facial tic

striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)

artist's impression; picture based on one's imagination; imaginary rendering

conceptual perspective drawing

dark brown; reddish brown; polished brown

salmon pink; meat color

warp (on the page or cover of a book, making it splay open)

being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind

great teachings (of the Buddha)

special class for disabled children; special needs class

mental disorder

disabled person; person with a physical or mental disability

rise in stock price in response to rises of other stocks

everyday feelings; usual feelings

sex industry; prostitution

spy; secret agent; ninja

to dissolve (an organization, company, etc.); to break up; to close down; to scrap (a plan, etc.)

flail with a retractable iron weight and chain

intensive zazen meditation on a subject; knocking all into one

four kinds of birth in the six destinies

throwing in; tossing in

glamorous woman; seductive woman

to become absent-minded; to grow senile

to see; to look; to watch

to see; to look; to watch

manservant employed by a samurai (Edo period)

removal of dissolute sons from the family register (Edo period)

geisha, prostitute, etc. absconding without repaying indenture loans

sword worn on the hip

eccentric; wild; off-kilter; mad

subordinate; dependent; subsidiary; subservient

highest rank among priests

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

conical hat worn by Mount Koya missionaries (Edo period)

clear solution; clean decision

something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)

evil thief; wicked robber

kitchen work; housework

blink of an eye; instant; moment

drawing red lines