Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Maze, Chapter 7

character that couldn't be found in the second standard set of kanji. Just thinking  about simply organizing the already enormous dictionary and then all the words that I've added, makes my  head spin.
    ...If I keep talking like this, people are going to think that I'm a computer otaku. I should say first that  I am definitely not a person with extensive knowledge. I may want to be an otaku, but I just don't have  enough time. Just dealing with the word processor on the Zorac (with its attached communications function)  already keeps me busy. I'm very, very sorry.
    Oh, yes, speaking of communications, I should talk about the SF forum at NIF. Thanks for the  encouragement you guys gave me last year. When the vote for the best was going on, you guys especially  wrote a commentary that made a timid person like me speechless. In my own consistent way of doing things,  I very gratefully received the responses in the conference hall. I must take this opportunity to extend my  gratitude to you. Thank you very, very much!
    Oh my, in the end, this afterword has turned into miscellany that has nothing to do with the work it  follows.
    Honestly, I don't really like saying this and that about my own work. I always feel like, no matter  how I say it, everything turns out sounding like an excuse. So, I think I'll wait and be ready for everyone's  impressions. Even if it's just a little bit, I'll be happy.

    Fuyumi Ono

Glossary

    Ankoujitsu 安闔日 【あんこうじつ】
    Falling upon the solstices and equinoxes, the day when a gate into the Yellow Sea opens.
    Bakou 馬候 【ばこう】
    The Shuukou of Ba Province.
    Bashuu 馬州 【ばしゅう】
    Ba Province. A province in Tai Kingdom.
    Boku 朴 【ぼく】
    Gyousou' s original surname.
    chisen 地仙 【ちせん】
    An earthly immortal. A class of immortals who are given their positions in the Immortal  Register by a ruler.
    Chougi 朝議 【ちょうぎ】
    Morning Council.

    Daibu 大夫 【だいぶ】
    An officer.
    Daishi 大師 【だいし】
    The head of the palace musicians.
    Eki 易 【えき】
    Divination.
    Enki 延麒 【えんき】
    The Kirin of En Kingdom.
    Enkoku 雁国 【えんこく】
    The Kingdom of En. A kingdom towards the northea st. [map]
    Enou 延王 【えんおう】
    The Ruler of En Kingdom.
    En Taiho 延台輔 【えんたいほ】
    Enki' s title.
    Fuusui 風水 【ふうすい】
    Geomancy.
    Gaiden 外殿 【がいでん】
    The Outer Halls. The outer palace halls in Hakkei Palace where government business is  handled.
    Garyou 呀嶺 【がりょう】
    A place name in Tai King dom. Gyousou's bi rthplace.
    Genbu 玄武 【げんぶ】
    The Ebony Warrior. A giant turtle that carries newly ascended rulers and their respective kirin  to their home kingdom.
    Genkun 玄君 【げんくん】
    What the nyosen call Gyokuyou.
    geshi 夏至 【げし】
    The summer solstice.
    Godoukyuu 梧桐宮 【ごどうきゅう】
    Godou Palace. A palace i n Gyouten.
    Gogou no Mon 呉剛の門 【ごごうのもん】
    The Gogou Gate. A gate between the world of the Twelve Kingdoms a ndHourai.
    Goson 醐孫 【ごそん】
    The Shikou Daibu of the Bakou in Tai Kingdom.
    Gouran 傲濫 【ごうらん】
    One of Taiki' s shirei. A toutetsu.
    Gozan 五山 【ござん】

    The Five Mountains. Mountains that lie in the center of the Yellow Sea . [map]
    gyoku 玉 【ぎょく】
    Gem.
    gyokusen 玉泉 【ぎょくせん】
    Gem spring.
    Gyokuyou 玉葉 【ぎょくよう】
    The leader of the nyosen.
    Gyousou 驍宗 【ぎょうそう】
    General Saku of the Tai King dom Kingun.
    Gyouten 堯天 【ぎょうてん】
    The capital city of Kei Kingdom.
    Hakkai 白海 【はっかい】
    The White Sea. The sea west of the Yellow Sea . [map]
    Hakke 八卦 【はっけ】
    The Eight Diagrams.
    Hakkeikyuu 白圭宮 【はっけいきゅう】
    Hakkei Palace. The palace of the Taiou inKouki.
    Hakkikyuu 白亀宮 【はっききゅう】
    Hakki Palace. A small palace on Mt. Hou.
    Hakuchi 白雉 【はくち】
    The White Pheasant.
    Haku Sanshi 白汕子 【はくさんし】
    Taiki' s nyokai.
    Hankoku 範国 【はんこく】
    The Kingdom of Han. A kingdom in the we st. [map]
    Hankyo 班渠 【はんきょ】
    One of Keiki' s shirei.
    Hien 飛燕 【ひえん】
    A tenba that is Risai' s kijuu.
    hisen 飛仙 【ひせん】
    A flying immortal. A class of immortals who are not appointed by nor serve under a ruler.
    hiso 飛鼠 【ひそ】
    A rabbit-like