Vocabulary

diligent worker; hard worker

backside

Whatman paper

fraud; defrauding; fraudulent injury

winter crow

crow in winter

beautiful dew; comparing the beauty of dew to that of a flower

withered chrysanthemum in winter

spraining of a bone joint

chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)

chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)

gap; hole

battle cry; war cry

speech meeting; assembly to hear a speech

(another's) daughter

Japanese-style mirror

traditional mirror with a handle, popular since the Muromachi period

small ancient mirror tied with a cord

small western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period)

Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)

stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel

stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel

attacking Russia

talking to oneself

verbal message; relaying a message

golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus); Syrian hamster

Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus); golden hamster

accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women

silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye); Yūki pongee

anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa)

bean-jam cake; rice-cake sweets

paper sliding door for the cupboard of a tokonoma

light purple

transcendent world; world outside of the material world; somewhere removed from the world

the Inquisition

copycat criminal; copycat crime

imitation pearl; fake pearl

paraboloid

Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)

person who lives an extravagant lifestyle