Vocabulary

brewing industry

principle of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)

in a bag or one's purse

white race

whitebait

Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto); collared dove

sapwood

unpunctuated Chinese texts

white magnolia (Magnolia denudata); lilytree; Yulan magnolia

daydream; waking dream; fantasy

clear; evident; obvious; striking

growing light (e.g. at dawn)

refined rice flour; rice flour for dumplings

celestial tower where poets, artists, etc. were said to go in the afterlife

melon cucumber

white race; Caucasians

outline map; blank map; base map

white light; corona

kerosene

White House

hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat

white cloth

whitecaps; white-crested waves

dancing girl (end of the Heian period)

rain shower

pale; pallid; fair-skinned; white

white sesame seeds

white sands and green pines; beautiful coastal scenery

white sugar

finest example; the best (of)

sweet white sake

plain sketch

Snow White

Cygnus (constellation); the Swan

white wine

seafood grilled without seasoning

white kimono

white spot

dolomite

white mouse; white rat