Vocabulary

yard (unit of distance)

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

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

(I) won't say anything no matter what; unwilling to tell even under threat

(not saying anything) no matter what

very deep

shingle roof

sad; lonesome; desolate

feeling vaguely new

chirping bird; singing bird

singer

both shoulders

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

indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable

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

with a splash

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

little by little; slowly but surely

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

Zanclidae (family of perciform fish)