lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
Shennong; mythical king of ancient China
guiding marks for rendering classical Chinese into Japanese
earthenware vessel for alcoholic beverages, etc.
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
casting; cast-metal object
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
stack of rice straw; rick; cock
... and eastward; east of
proposal; proposition; suggestion
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
click-clack; clip-clop; clatter
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
same kind; accomplices; companions
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
large prize (e.g. in horse racing); generous reward
aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
social unrest; public anxiety
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
railroad; railway; rail transport
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
waterfall; (arch.) rapids