Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
partner-swapping sex club
Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu
Macartney; McCartney; McCourtney
women who excel; women in prominent positions
joy and anger; human emotions
crest (of a helmet); plume; pompom; figurehead
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
backing band (for singer); backup band
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
heartburn; strong sense of disgust
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
great depth; bottomless; great height