suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
suspicious-looking; fishy
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)
artists' chalk; white pigment; powdered calcium carbonate
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
kokyū; 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument; any Asian string instrument played with a bow
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
dish dressed with sesame sauce
condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
erhu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow); erh hu
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
hutong; narrow street or alley, esp. in Beijing
condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
goma tofu; tofu-like dish made with ground sesame paste
paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc.
quiver (worn on the right hip; post-Nara period)
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
oleaster (any plant of genus Elaeagnus); silverberry (US)
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
wild sesame (Perilla frutescens var. frutescens); oilseed perilla; egoma
Manchurian walnut (Juglans mandshurica)
huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow); (arch.) biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
northern barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China; foreigner; barbarian tribe
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
Japanese wing nut (Pterocarya rhoifolia)
condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding
barbarian territory; barbarous land; uncivilized land (uncivilised)
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
quiver (worn on the right hip; post-Nara period)
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri
dish dressed with sesame sauce
castor oil plant (Ricinus communis); castor oil bean
ground toasted sesame seeds; ground sesame
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
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
body odor (odour); abnormal underarm odor
paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc.
yehu (bowed Chinese instrument with a coconut-shell body)
polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)
ground toasted sesame seeds; ground sesame
ground toasted sesame seeds; ground sesame
coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro
spotted seal (Phoca largha)
thief posing as fellow traveller (traveler)
Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
tree nymph butterfly (Idea leuconoe)
goumi (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus multiflora); cherry silverberry
jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
Campylaephora hypnaeoides (species of red algae); egonori
white-spotted citrus longhorned beetle (Anoplophora malasiaca)
capsicum; chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; red pepper
silverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens); thorny elaeagnus; thorny olive
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
copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin
newly harvested sesame seeds
Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii)
blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus)
crescent sweetlips (species of fish, Plectorhinchus cinctus)
speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus, species of the Indo-Pacific); citron butterflyfish
speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus, species of the Indo-Pacific); 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