suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
suspicious-looking; fishy
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
artists' chalk; white pigment; powdered calcium carbonate
being half awake and half asleep; (lit.) butterfly's dream
kokyū; 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument; any Asian string instrument played with a bow
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
dish dressed with sesame sauce
condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
erhu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow); erh hu
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; (lit.) to grind sesame seeds
condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
hutong (narrow street or alley in a traditional residential area of a Chinese city, esp. Beijing)
paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc.
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
quiver (worn on the right hip; used from the Nara period onward)
goma tofu; tofu-like dish made with ground sesame paste
oleaster (any plant of genus Elaeagnus); silverberry
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
wild sesame (Perilla frutescens var. frutescens); oilseed perilla; egoma
huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow); (arch.) biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
Manchurian walnut (Juglans mandshurica)
northern barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China; foreigner; barbarian tribe
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
Japanese wing nut (Pterocarya rhoifolia)
to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; (lit.) to grind sesame seeds
to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; (lit.) to grind sesame seeds
sycophancy; toadying; apple-polishing; sesame seed grinding
sycophancy; toadying; apple-polishing; sesame seed grinding
condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
dish dressed with sesame sauce
barbarian territory; barbarous land; uncivilized land (uncivilised)
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
ground toasted sesame seeds; ground sesame
Trigonotis peduncularis (species of wild herb)
sycophancy; toadying; apple-polishing; sesame seed grinding
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; (lit.) to grind sesame seeds
quiver (worn on the right hip; used from the Nara period onward)
fringed iris (Iris japonica); Japanese iris
castor oil plant (Ricinus communis); castor oil bean
Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus); northern sea lion
dish dressed with sesame sauce
sycophancy; toadying; apple-polishing; sesame seed grinding
spotted seal (Phoca largha)
body odor (odour); abnormal underarm odor
paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc.
ground toasted sesame seeds; ground sesame
ground toasted sesame seeds; ground sesame
polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)
yehu (bowed Chinese instrument with a coconut-shell body)
coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro
thief posing as fellow traveller (traveler)
blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus)
Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
tree nymph butterfly (Idea leuconoe)
jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
goumi (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus multiflora); cherry silverberry
Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae); rainbow finch
Campylaephora hypnaeoides (species of red algae); egonori
Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii)
white-spotted citrus longhorned beetle (Anoplophora malasiaca)
Platycarya strobilacea (deciduous tree)
red ring skirt (Hestina assimilis)
silverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens); thorny elaeagnus; thorny olive
copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin
capsicum; chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; red pepper
rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax dentex)
North China barbarian nations
black speckles; small black spots (like sprinkled sesame)
Hu poplar; Populus euphratica
sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
snub nose; flat nose with flattened nostrils
newly harvested sesame seeds
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969); Nguyen Tat Thanh; Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
crescent sweetlips (species of fish, Plectorhinchus cinctus)
speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus); citron butterflyfish
speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus); citron butterflyfish
tiger moon shell (Natica tigrina)
Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)
titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens); giant triggerfish; moustache triggerfish
mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus); mangrove red snapper
garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
Indian long pepper (Piper longum); longpepper
common walnut (Juglans regia); Persian walnut; English walnut
unicorn-plant (Proboscidea louisianica); devil's claw
painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum)
Bupleurum stenophyllum (species of medicinal herb)