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Vocabulary (12)

• 万願寺とうがらし

  まんがんじとうがらし

  Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)

• 辛亥

  しんがい

  Metal Boar (48th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1911, 1971, 2031)

• 辛丑

  かのとうし

  Metal Ox (38th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1961, 2021, 2081)

• 辛卯

  かのとう

  Metal Rabbit (28th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1951, 2011, 2071)

• 辛酉

  かのととり

  Metal Rooster (58th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1921, 1981, 2041)

• 辛未

  かのとひつじ

  Metal Sheep (8th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1931, 1991, 2051)

• 辛巳

  かのとみ

  Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)

• 塩辛蜻蛉

  しおからとんぼ

  Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)

• 薄葉細辛

  うすばさいしん

  Siebold's wild ginger (Asarum sieboldii)

• 細辛

  さいしん

  Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine)

• 疣螺

  いぼにし

  Thais clavigera (species of rock shell)

• 辛亥革命

  しんがいかくめい

  Xinhai Revolution (of China; 1911)