胡

pepper

sitting cross-legged

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

sesame seeds

walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE)

barbarian from the north and west of China

erhu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

hutong (narrow street or alley in a traditional residential area of a Chinese city, esp. Beijing)

sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)

barbarian territory

North China barbarian nations

jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)

barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii)

dish dressed with sesame sauce

The Nutcracker (ballet by Tchaikovsky)

newly harvested sesame seeds

Campylaephora hypnaeoides (species of red algae)

Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)

suspicious-looking

Indian long pepper (Piper longum)

Japanese wing nut (Pterocarya rhoifolia)

suspicious

unicorn-plant (Proboscidea louisianica)

nutcracker

common walnut (Juglans regia)

walnut oil

battledore

black pepper (Piper nigrum)

sesame sauce

sesame lignan

garden cress (Lepidium sativum)

suspicious-looking

capsicum

white-spotted citrus longhorned beetle (Anoplophora malasiaca)

castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)

artists' chalk

condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)

Hu poplar

kokyū

huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow)

Bupleurum root

spotted seal (Phoca largha)

tree nymph butterfly (Idea leuconoe)

barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

sesame vinegar

wild sesame (Perilla frutescens var. frutescens)

Manchurian walnut (Juglans mandshurica)

northern barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

yehu (bowed Chinese instrument with a coconut-shell body)

titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)

blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus)

tiger moon shell (Natica tigrina)

black speckles

rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax dentex)

butterfly

roasted sesame seeds

sycophancy

to flatter

ground toasted sesame seeds

speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus)

to sit cross-legged

moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)

mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

coriander (Coriandrum sativum)

crescent sweetlips (species of fish, Plectorhinchus cinctus)

quiver (worn on the right hip; used from the Nara period onward)

carrot

painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum)