Vocabulary

erotic picture

getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)

increase in amount; increase in quantity; increase in volume

skyrocket (firework)

red-hot iron

weaving; weaver

explanation of a picture

Japanese apricot orchard; plum orchard; plum garden; ume orchard

holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture)

large drum; bass drum

important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility

grand ceremony; state ceremony

ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)

many colors; many colours

mind; disposition; nature

one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick

lecture on the sutras

paying in monthly installments (instalments); monthly payments

riverside fish market

fishing tackle; fishing gear

march; advance

door made of cedar

resistance to pressure; resisting pressure

colored pattern; coloured pattern

mung bean (Vigna radiata); green gram

randori (freestyle judo training)

government; administration

welfare facilities

trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour

white gem (esp. a pearl)

rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero

corpse; dead person

fat (of meat); fatty meat

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

seven wonders (of a particular area)

eczema; rash

officially registered seal

weak person; the weak

adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option

lines of the palm (in palm reading); appearance of the palm of the hand