#Glossary

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Explanations of this expansion's foreign-language·proper-name·Chinese-character terms. By Korean·English·Arabic·Chinese·other cultural sphere.

#§ Japanese (Core + This Expansion)

Katori Shinto-ryu (香取神道流) — a core Swordsmanship school. Yagyu Shinkage-ryu (柳生新陰流) — a core Swordsmanship school. Hozoin-ryu (寶蔵院流) — a core Spearmanship school. Tennen Rishin-ryu (天然理心流) — a late-Edo Shinsengumi school (this expansion 10-01). Hokushin Itto-ryu (北辰一刀流) — the orthodox line of Chiba Shusaku (10-02). Takeda (武田) — a Sengoku daimyo house. Akazonae (赤備え) — a red-armored elite squad (25-02-01). Shinsengumi (新撰組) — the late-Edo shogunate guard. Shikigami (式神) — an onmyoji's summon. Onmyoji (陰陽師) — a core class. Tea Ceremony (茶道) — the Japanese tea ritual. Kabuki (歌舞伎) — Japanese stage theater.

#§ Joseon (Korean·Chinese Characters)

Joseon Sebeop (朝鮮勢法) — a military-officer swordsmanship (10-05). Bonguk Geombeop (本國劍法) — the swordsmanship of the Muyedobotongji (10-06). Muyedobotongji (武藝圖譜通志) — a late-Joseon martial-arts manual. Hwando (環刀) — the Joseon standard sword (40-03-07). Gakgung (角弓) — the Joseon composite bow (12-02). Panokseon (板屋船) — a Joseon navy warship. Geobukseon (龜船) — Yi Sun-sin's navy warship. Byeolmuban (別武班) — a Joseon elite military-officer unit (25-03-01). Samsubyeong (三手兵) — an integration of firearms·bow·spear (25-03-05). Mudang (巫堂) — a Joseon shamanic priest. Gut — a Joseon shamanic ritual.

#§ China (Chinese Characters·Korean)

Jixiao Xinshu (紀效新書) — Qi Jiguang's military-science manual. Qi Jiguang (戚継光) — a Ming military officer who established military science. Mandarin Duck Formation (鴛鴦陣) — Qi Jiguang's squad formation. Ma Family Spear (馬家槍) — the spear method of the Ming Ma clan (11-03). Shaolin Fist (少林拳) — a Zen-sect martial art (13-01). Wudang Fist (武當拳) — a Daoist martial art (13-02). Jinyiwei (錦衣衛) — the Ming intelligence agency (14-06). Daoist Priest (道士) — a Daoist priest. Donguibogam (東醫寶鑑) — the medical text of Joseon's Heo Jun. Bencao Gangmu (本草綱目) — the materia medica of the Ming's Li Shizhen. Shanhaijing (山海經) — a Chinese fictional bestiary. Eight Immortals (八仙) — the 8 immortals of Daoism. Guan Yu (關羽) — a Three Kingdoms general, deified. Nine-Tailed Fox (九尾狐) — a 9-tailed fox yokai. Jiangshi (殭屍) — a hopping corpse.

#§ Western (English·Latin, etc.)

Liechtenauer — the founder of German medieval swordsmanship. Fiore dei Liberi — Italian medieval swordsmanship (10-08). La Destreza — Spanish rapier swordsmanship (10-09). Pike Square — a Swiss long-spear formation (11-04). Landsknecht — a Holy Roman mercenary (11-05). Maurits drill — Dutch volley-fire drill (12-05). Excalibur — King Arthur's sword (45-01-01). Durendal — Roland's sword (45-01-02). Joyeuse — Charlemagne's sword (45-01-03). Aegis — Zeus's shield (45-04-01). Holy Grail — the holy grail (45-05-01). Berserker — a Norse berserker. Sherwood — a fictional England outlaw. Cossack — a Ukrainian·Russian free horseman (15-06). Banshee — a Celtic spirit of death (55-03-05).

#§ Arab·Persia (Korean·Arabic Transliteration)

Sipahi (Sipahi) — an Ottoman sultan's guard cavalry (12-08). Hashashin (Hashashin) — the assassin order of the Alamut mountain fortress (14-05). Sicarii (Sicarii) — a 1st-century Judean dagger order (14-04). Sufi (Sufi) — an Islamic mystic. Saracen — an elite cavalry of the Islamic world (15-04). Bedouin — an Arab desert nomad. Vajra (Vajra) — Indra's weapon (45-08-01). Brahmin (Brahmin) — a high Indian priest (19-02-05). Mantra (Mantra) — an Indian chant.

#§ Mysticism·Religion Terms

School (流派) — a lineage of learning·skill. License (免許) — a school's 1st-stage approval. Secret Art (秘技) — a school's 2nd-stage approval. Renown (名聲) — a PC's honor·reputation score. Energy (活力) — a PC's action resource. Wounds (戰力) — a squad's strength. Defense (防備) — defense against the enemy's attack. Check (判定) — a dice roll. Round (間合) — the core's time unit (1 combat action). Stance (姿勢) — a sustained-effect type. Technique (技法) — a 1-time action type. Aptitude (素養) — an always-on effect type. Tactic Stance (戰術姿勢) — a squad-unit effect.

#§ This Expansion's Coinages

Foreign School (異國流) — a school type newly created by this expansion (cultural spheres outside Japan). Training Method (修行法) — refinement of a dedicated skill (not a school, 20-01). Tatsujin Tournament (達人戰) — this expansion's demonstration scenario (50-). Shadow Tournament (闇大會) — the 50-05 unofficial duel. Famous Squad (有名分隊) — a 25- squad with its own aptitudes·tactics.

#§ This Expansion's Own Mechanics Terms (00-05)

Dispersed Casting (分散施展) — handling an action that cannot be finished in one breath, such as a massive ritual·Tatsujin secret art·high-rank spell, by dividing it into preparation + activation across two rounds. Effective cost = N + M (e.g., 5+5=10). Unrelated to the one-breath limit (since it is dispersed). This §1.

Exhaustion (脫盡) — triggers when using Dispersed Casting below the person's maximum Energy / on Overload failure / on an explicit effect. The next round's Energy = 1 (recovery nullified) + Defenseless 1 round + stance·reservation vanish. Automatically removed after 1 round. This §2.

Qi-Exhaustion (氣盡) — a new state lighter than exhaustion. One-breath limit -1 (5→4) maintained for 1 combat or the specified rounds. The side effect of forcing Medicine·Herbalism·the after-effect of a secret art. This §9.

Wounds Recovery (戰力回復) — an effect that recovers Wounds through external·internal wound treatment. This §3 Category A.

Energy Aid (活力補助) — temporary enhancement of the action resource. 3 kinds:

This §3 Category B.

• B-1: temporary +1 to one breath (1 round only)
• B-2: 0-count extra Energy (the last beat after reaching Energy 0)
• B-3: nullification of an Energy-reduction effect (block 1 time)

[Technique] Maneuver Type — defined by the core 03-07. A maneuver tied to weapons·armor·consumables. The katana's horizontal slash·smoke-bomb use, etc. Not newly created by this expansion (a re-citation of the core definition + usage guide §6).

[Non-Combat Action] Maneuver Type — newly created in this expansion §13. Quantifies session·day·week-unit results. Applies the core's non-combat-check rule. The Energy cost abstracts advance preparation·stamina expenditure. Converts 11 of 16-mobility (mounted advance·navigation·infiltration·disguise).

Barrier Wounds (結界戰力) — this expansion's Barriers are unified on the core [03-05 Wounds] unit. On a hit -1 / on a Critical Hit -2 / Wounds 0 = Barrier collapse. The 1st-expansion Domain Barrier HP 100 is preserved separately. This §11.

Critical Expansion (会心擴張) — this expansion 2 only. An adjacent pip (two dice differing by 1) is also recognized as a Critical Hit (e.g., 5-6, 6-5). Double 10% + adjacent pip 18% = automatic 28%. 1-step only (recognizing the 2-step ±2 is forbidden). This §15.

Fumble Prevention (失着防止) — this expansion 2 only. An ordinary double failure (Fumble) → downgraded to an ordinary failure, Karmic Retribution (a 1-1 double failure) → Fumble (Defenseless). Fumble risk 1/100. This §15.

Maneuver Types Other Than Technique — the core's 5 types ([Kata] / [Stance] / [upkeep] / [aptitude] / [Tactic:Stance]) + the core [Technique] + this expansion's [Non-Combat Action] = 7 types total. This §13.

#§ Morale·Fear·Cohesion·Madness Policy (This §12)

The many "squad morale ±N" notations in 18·20·19·25 = when used in the core alone, reinterpreted as squad Cohesion ±N; under the 1st/30-03 variants, automatically compatible.

#§ Source Notation

The section where each term first appears is noted:

• Core: Japanese·general.
• 1st: Spirit Realm·hell related.
• This Expansion (10~99): newly created·introduced by this expansion.

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