Vocabulary

common person; foolish commoner

ordinary person

mediocrity; ordinary ability

mediocre work; poor work

mediocre policy; commonplace policy; worthless policy

dull match; dull game

common mistake

mediocre ability; person of ordinary skills

common people

ordinary book; ordinary handwriting

small and of mediocre talent

ordinary; common

dull game

unranked priest; ordinary priest

mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men

ordinary style

ordinary minds; ordinary men

explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary)

tray landscape

miniature garden; tray landscape

Bon Festival

tray-landscape foundation stone

Bon and year-end festivals

serious abrasion; wearing out (of clothes)

fricative; fricative consonant

Marici

Marici (Buddhist god of war)

profound mystery

polishing sand

emery paper

to polish up; to shine up

polishing powder

quarreling; wrangling; argument; fuss

to wear away; to rub down; to abrade

to rub to pieces; to grind into powder

to polish

to erase; to efface; to rub out

to rub to pieces

emery paper

water that has been used to wash rice