Vocabulary

drain with an oblong cross-section

armorer; armourer

the Hakone Mountains

miniature garden

founding of a state

to understand from experience

(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin

texture (e.g. skin, fabric)

ploughing; plowing

indiscriminately; recklessly

yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto)

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

eight-armed scoop net

octavo (book format); 8vo

tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces

figure eight; figure of eight

octagon

lining for cuffs and hem of a kimono

bajiquan (Chinese martial art)

nearly; almost; eight or nine parts (out of ten)

the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

eight trigrams (divination signs); bagua

eight trigrams palm; ba gua zhang; pa kua chang

the eight directions; the whole land; the whole world

universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof

the national boundaries

Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku)

finely trimmed moustache

age eighty; one's eighties

distant seas

layers of clouds

fences within fences

double blossom

double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine

(roads) running in all directions; convenient transportation; ability in any line

twilled fabric

long sea voyage

the 8 districts of feudal Japan

Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)

8,000,000; eight million