Vocabulary

citric acid

hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress

bookmark

bonds; fetters

bacillus

to expose (a severed head)

owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)

great treachery; very atrocious person

penalty of decapitation and exposure of the severed head

exposure of a severed head

brave general

treacherous enemy

ringleader; accomplished villain

barracuda (Sphyraena spp.)

Sanskrit

Buddhist priest's wife

script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)

bonshō; Buddhist temple bell

Brahma (Hindu creator god)

Sanskrit-Japanese dictionary

briars; thicket; the bush

echinoderm

stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

jujube (Ziziphus jujuba); Chinese date; red date

date palm (Phoenix dactylifera); date

wedge; chock; linchpin; lynchpin

wedge shape

cuneiform (writing)

sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)

Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)

howitzer

bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange

radius

to issue a manifesto; to appeal

written appeal; manifesto; declaration

to chase one's gloom away; to free one's thoughts from melancholy

sobbing; weeping

temporary imperial mortuary

annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out

prosperity