Vocabulary

diuretic

singer in a nagauta performance

isotonic drink

indigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth

indigo dyer

water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)

green-cracking russula (Russula virescens); quilted green russula; green brittlegill

renting a house in the same block of houses as someone else

renting a house in the same block of houses as someone else

ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves

ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves

loving and taking care of something

favor; favour

one's favorite music disc, LP album, etc.

Maitreya (bodhisattva)

dish of white and red-fleshed fish arranged next to each other

the same age

Ainu people; the Ainu

indigo-tinged grey (gray)

affection; strong feeling of love

wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan

wedge (for securing objects together)

children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room

medium-sized earthenware sake cup

multiple people holding the same item with their chopsticks

holding the proper state of mindfulness at the moment of death

Lissajous figure; Lissajous diagram

Lissajous curve

video game featuring characters from a manga, anime, movie, etc.

entry-level machine

ground barley; cracked barley

elliptic geometry; Riemannian geometry

scum formed near the end of the indigo fermentation process

official seal; verification seal; affixing a seal to an official document

being on duty with a colleague

equality; being equal

day off (between working days)

cooking over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning; food prepared over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning