Vocabulary

bamboo grass; bamboo

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

under a tree

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

bamboo grass; bamboo

tempting into crime

alloy of gold, silver, copper, zinc, cadmium, etc., used to fuse items of gold

type of alloy of copper and zinc (brass) with zinc at about 33-67% used to solder metals like copper and iron

act of fleeing into hiding

fleeing into hiding

diving under cover and hiding

the people; the masses; the public; the great unwashed

being exceedingly wiser than the common man

exile for crime

fish salted and dried overnight

small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt

gate guard (during the ritsuryō system); gate guardian

conflict; fighting each other

charter flight

strophulus; red gum (skin condition primarily affecting children)

kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical

kanji "sword" radical at right (radical 18)

kanji "wrapping" radical (radical 20)

kanji "box-on-side" radical (radical 22)

kanji "hiding-box" radical (radical 23)

kanji "seal" radical at right

kanji "crooked seal" radical at right (variant of radical 26)

kanji "cliff" radical (radical 27)

kanji "mouth" radical at left (radical 30)

kanji "box" or "country" radical (radical 31); radical consisting of an enclosing box

kanji "earth" radical at left (radical 32)

kanji "suinyō" radical (radical 35)

kanji "winter" radical at top (radical 34)

kanji radical 35 when at the bottom (as in the character for summer)

kanji "woman" radical at left (radical 38)

kanji "child" radical at left

kanji sun ("inch") radical at right (radical 41)

kanji "crooked-leg" dai radical (radical 43)

kanji "corpse" radical

kanji "mountain" radical at left