Vocabulary

Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)

heavenly gods

gods of heaven and earth

God and man; heaven and man

natural glass

the sun

sun-dried salt

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

Zen monk's early morning meal; refreshment; cakes

interspersion; dotting (e.g. the countryside); studding

harelip; cleft lip

plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; gilt

to freeze to death; to die of cold

frozen tofu

privation

back of a sword

class; order; rank

companion; friend

conduit; pipe; duct

tip of a headland; point

side entrance

inner thigh; inside of the thigh

double-dealer; fence-sitter; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict; duplicity; turncoat

maid of honor; maid of honour; lady-in-waiting

internal affairs; domestic affairs

inner court; quadrangle

southern country

double effort

mortar

weaning

incoming ship; ship entering port

pawning

(depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of)

this

wavy form; ripply shape

pseudonym of a haiku poet

reedy field

doctoral dissertation; doctoral thesis

gambling; gaming

wheat harvest