Nounpurgatory

Nounelixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)

Nounart of making elixirs (e.g. in Chinese trad. medicine); alchemy

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame) · to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out · to train; to drill; to exercise

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixkneading; gloss; tempering · paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste) · parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixkneading; gloss; tempering · paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste) · parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame) · to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out · to train; to drill; to exercise

Nounbrick

Nounmud and tile wall topped with tiles

Noun(incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbtraining; drill; practice; practising; discipline

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbrefinement; polish

Nountest; trial; ordeal; tribulation

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbrefining; refinement; smelting · training

Nounboiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)