Vocabulary

small garden; small place

inner garden (esp. small, traditional); courtyard

Acala (Wisdom King); Āryācalanātha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

practice book used in jōruri and nagauta

underwater camera

renegotiation

waterproof sheet; tarpaulin; tarp; flysheet (of a tent)

droplight; hanging lamp; pendant; pendent lamp; swinging lamp

rear carrier of a palanquin

powerless straight ball

four-seam fastball

marking one's own test

shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occurred in the Taisho and Meiji eras

golden spadefish (Platax boersii); Boer's batfish

son and heir; son who will succeed one

temporary employee placement

African spadefish (Tripterodon orbis)

ninespine batfish (Zabidius novemaculeatus)

last winter

Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus); northern bluefin tuna

long kiseru (type of tobacco pipe)

louvar (Luvarus imperialis); luvar

Luvarus (genus of perciform fish whose only member is the luvar)

Luvaridae (family containing one extant species of perciform fish similar to a surgeonfish)

evening tide

night mooring (for a boat)

tucking up the hem of one's garments

plank of a bridge; bridge plank

the Moon

small and simple home

(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture

float at a festival upon which one can dance

Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole

treating someone as one's own daughter; someone who is treated as a daughter

silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)

type of crêpe; gauze crêpe

temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency

one's daughter and heiress

yard (unit of distance)

Scatophagidae (family of small Indo-Pacific fish commonly called scats)