Worldly Jargon

The Five Families: Refers to the five Adept families: the Yuurei, Gintoki, Edelweiss, Griffith, Ferrari.
Spiritually Adept: Anyone capable of harnessing reishi / reiryoku. There are numerous other names such as 'demi-human', 'spiritually-inclined', 'aware ones'. The list goes on far longer than I'd like to write out, but pretty much think of anything suggesting someone is aware / cognizant of the spiritual world.
Outcast: What other races refer to Spiritualists as due to them being outliers in what they're capable of, even among their 'fellow' spiritually-aware.
Devilbrained: Another way to call someone retarded.
Deviled: Description used for someone who's been killed or humiliated by a Devil. Depending on how this occurred for them, they may even be referenced as food.
Soulshitter: The derogatory term for Soulborn.
Adept-sty: The derogatory term for Adepts.
Fresh: Way to refer to someone as new at being a spiritual-adept, or weak. It is a noun, such as "You're fresh, aren't you?"


Rounin [Soul Plains]: Soulborn that serve no family. Sometimes called a 'sellsword', if they're a mercenary.
Samurai [Soul Plains]: Soulborn that serves a family.
Ninja [Soul Plains]: Also a shinobi or kunoichi, this is what assassins are dubbed.
Clan [Soul Plains]: What the five families are sometimes referred to as.
The Five Clans [Soul Plains]: Sometimes regarded as the 'Five Greats' as well, this refers to the families that populate the Soul Plains; the Toyotomi, Minamoto, Park, Xun & Lu.
The Four Pillars [Soul Plains]: Used interchangeably to describe the Golden Strech's mountains or the Four Foundations.
Your Principles [Soul Plains]: Reserved for casual conversation between close-friends & associates. It is a slightly formal way of asking how someone's Four Foundations or Three Ways are. Usually asked as "How are your principles?"
Stand Proud [Soul Plains]: Phrase used to tell someone to keep fighting. Often exclaimed to adversaries to goad them if they're struggling.

Deva [Soul Plains]: Frequently used as a compliment, but can be used as a means to dub someone a goodie-two shoes.
Asura [Soul Plains]: Used sometimes derogatorily, to describe someone as murderous and ill-willed.
Mythicist [Soul Plains]: Tends to refer to those who mingle with the mythical animals proliferating the Soul Plains. Often used toward Lu.
Tea Maid [Soul Plains]: What those who have been deemed incapable of combat either temporarily or permanently are called. It is derogatory toward cripples, and sometimes even Samurai to lower or mid-rate families.
Onigiri [Soul Plains]: Typically only used toward those that have suffered irreversible damage attempting to interact with the Sessosheki stone. It refers to what Soulborn believe these peoples' lungs look like post-corrosion. Has branched out into being an insult for someone who's sick, as a noun.
Fuji [Soul Plains]: Used toward Xun as a derogatory term, likening their attitudinal issues to Mt. Fuji.

Usuratonkachi [Tasogare Bay / Toyotomi]: Way to insult someone a Toyotomi views as a sore loser, or slow-witted.
Snoozer [Xun]: Frequently used as an insult or noun. Manner that Xun refer to someone as dull or boring, i.e. "You fuckin' snoozer!"
Brokie [Park]: The main insult every Park uses. It originated as a way to call out someone's financial status. . . but they use it toward nobles too.

Anomaly [Zenchou]: A strong Spiritualist.
Greencollar [Zenchou]: Way to refer to someone that works for Greenhorn Express. Used as a noun or adjective interchangeably.
Coinless [Zenchou]: What someone who's broke is referred to as. This works in the Soul Plains, too, among those that have been to the living realm.
Omens [Zenchou]: What spiritual-adept are referred to as. Sometimes called 'mistakes', too.
Benchsitter [Zenchou]: Individual that does nothing or only gets their ass beat.
Omenboy / Omengirl [Zenchou]: People who are associated with or thought to be associated with Zenchou's government are called this.
Wide Mouth [Zenchou]: Talkative types are often called this.

Fairies [Adepts]: What Adepts that have acquired Apotheosis are referred to as. It is said reishi pours from them so greatly that it spills out behind them like wings. The actual term differs from culture-to-culture, normally in association with the culture's nature-relative humanoid, often winged ilk, such as the Indians' 'apsara' or the Hellenists' 'nymphs'.
Gloombaby [Adepts]: What the average Edelweiss is referred to as for their dismissive nature.
Bullnosed [Adepts]: Derogatory term for Griffiths.
Xiān / Xiānrén [Shengxiao]: Refers back to what Taoists referred to as enlightened immortals. Relatively new term describing those that have awakened the true potential of their race, such as Final Release or Apotheosis.
A mark [Gintoki]: Someone easy to hit.
Medicine Cabinet [Yuurei]: Refers to someone likely to buy drugs.
Partylad / Partylass [Griffith]: An individual that's fun to be around.
Pan Warmer [Ferrari]: A pushover. Sometimes turned into 'pan warming' to describe someone getting their ass beat.