Vocabulary

swing; trapeze

Wei-To (temple guardian sometimes confused with Vajrapani)

concealing one's talents, status, intentions, etc.; maintaining a strict incognito; self-effacement

strategy; tactics

to dress (e.g. a salad); to toss (in a sauce or dressing)

doxology

bossing someone around; having a person under one's control

granule

vibration

to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle

frowning on; looking on with scorn; showing disapproval

to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust

wind blowing down from mountains

gallant; dashing; jaunty

tornado; hurricane; typhoon

whistling (wind); blowing; howling

farewell gift; parting gift; viaticum

farewell gift

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

to go bad (of food); to spoil; to turn sour

talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity

dismissal; discharge

camel

dash; rush

at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately

mule

spoiled child; spoilt child

pride; arrogance

luxury; extravagance

veteran general; leader

sudden shower; sudden downpour

donkey; ass

full ability

tail of a swift horse; behind a great person

shin; shinbone

dice; die

round meat; meat from a pig's thigh (from which ham is made)

skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot