Vocabulary

wharf; dock; landing place

watercress

tucking up the hem of one's garments

Scatophagus (genus of scats)

spotted scat (Scatophagus argus); green scat; red scat

scatty (Scatophagus tetracanthus); African scat

spotted scat (Scatophagus argus); argus

diestock; die handle

black "ro" silk gauze

light used as a religious offering

sword used for self-defense

back street; back alley; off-street

shingle roof

chirping bird; singing bird

singer

both shoulders

commissures (of the lips); lip corners; mouth corners

house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud

bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves

small woman

daytime

big river

factory; manufactory; works; mill

nightclothes

Azuma coat; type of coat worn over a kimono; popular in the middle of the Meiji era

marriage-oriented society (in which most people are married, usu. at a young age)

fire-tube boiler

meeting; greeting; welcome

Zanclus (genus containing the moorish idol as its sole extant species)

Zanclidae (family of perciform fish)

patty (e.g. beef)

Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air)

beef patty

up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

down-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

bowing (of a string instrument)

nail penetration test (of batteries)

street with houses lined up only on one side

chief actor (e.g. of a kabuki play)