Vocabulary

brackish water; brine; salt water

saltiness; salty taste

musk

musk deer

musk water; musk scent

Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)

civet cat

sweet pea

wheat bran

gluten

to seduce; to win over; to conquer

to fly (a flag); to stream; to let (one's hair, skirt, etc.) flutter (in the wind)

birdlime

lime stick for catching insects

pressure points (e.g. for application of moxa)

mold; mould; mildew

smelling of mold; musty; putrid

industry; diligence

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)

tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko

amber (colour, color)

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)

going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth

sleeping while snoring; snoring sleep

snoring sound

frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.)

frame-by-frame recording (animation); stop motion

undercranking; fast motion

inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure

to gnaw at and scatter around

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

rodents

busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)

dental caries; tooth decay

niche for a Buddhist image; alcove

Buddhist altar light

yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

carbon paper

ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression

bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed