This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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しょく
Shu (one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty); Shu Han
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蜀漢

しょっかん、しょくかん
Shu-Han (dynasty of China, 221-263 CE)
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望蜀

ぼうしょく
insatiability
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時鳥

子規、不如帰、杜鵑、霍公鳥、蜀魂、沓手鳥、杜宇、田鵑、沓直鳥、郭公
ほととぎす、しき、ふじょき、とけん、しょっこん、くつてどり、とう、ホトトギス
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
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蜀黍

唐黍
もろこし、モロコシ
sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); Indian millet
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黄蜀葵

黄葵
とろろあおい、おうしょっき、とろろ、トロロアオイ
sunset hibiscus (Hibiscus manihot)
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蜀錦

しょっきん
type of brocade
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蜀江の錦

しょっこうのにしき
type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan; type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period
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蜀鳥

しょくちょう
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
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トウモロコシ畑

玉蜀黍畑
トウモロコシばたけ、とうもろこしばたけ
corn field; maize field