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Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)

laudanum; opium tincture

umbrella tree (Pandanus odorifer); fragrant screw pine; kewda

Buddhism

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

Buddhism

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

donkey hide gelatin; ejiao; high quality gelatin made in China from donkey hides

Buddhism

isolated place; hermitage

Colloquial

chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)

stupid chatter; foolish talk

Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum); common basil

Buddhism

tree whose branches are said to split into seven pieces upon falling

Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)

Buddhism

abhidharma; texts that contain detailed reworkings of the Buddhist sutras

ingratiation; sycophancy

Geology

anilite

gambir; gambier; catechu; cutch

Archaic

father-in-law (of a woman)

grandfather

flattery; adulation; sycophancy

Deity

Amamikyu (Ryukyuan religion creation goddess)

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

ingratiation; sycophancy

calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

Agni (Vedic god of fire)

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

Samoan mullet goby (Mugilogobius abei)