turnip cake (dim sum dish); radish cake
Buddhist convent or monastery
London King's Cross railway station
octopus hold (wrestling); grapevine stretch
Taishang Laojun (Lao-tzu as a supreme divinity of Taoism)
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)
tirelessly; perseveringly; without letting up
demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily
dripping ink marks; a work of calligraphy being written in bold and vivid strokes
calcium phosphate (Ca3(PO4)2)
announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer; noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery
jjangi; changgi; jangki; Korean chess
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)
successive generations; successive emperors
countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
amount of trade; trade volume
to do something spiteful as one leaves; to take a parting shot at; (lit.) to kick sand (at somebody) with one's hind legs
donut peach (Amygdalus persica var. compressa); UFO peach; flat peach; pan tao peach; Saturn peach; saucer peach
to perfume clothes by burning incense
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
increase; raising (e.g. embankment, levee); padding or inflation (e.g. of a bill)
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
right hand drive (of cars, etc.)
misjudgment; misjudgement
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass
meditation method; contemplation technique
Tungus (Tungusic-speaking people, esp. the Evenki)