Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu
radio DJ; radio presenter
Macartney; McCartney; McCourtney
women who excel; women in prominent positions
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
joy and anger; human emotions
Terayama Shuuji (1935.12.10-1983.5.4)
money (esp. dirty money); loot; hardtack; dough
vicissitudes; ups and downs
(practice of) self-injury; (habit of) self-harm
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
heartburn; strong sense of disgust
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
great depth; bottomless; great height
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
Toringo crabapple (Malus sieboldii)
3.03 meters (ten shaku); length; measure; Mr.; Mrs.
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
female pig; sow; fat woman; perverted woman
service road; frontage road