Vocabulary

to behead; to decapitate

avariciousness and inhumanity

woman who entertains customers with song and dance

parry (fencing)

angular coordinate(s)

archery range

archery range (sometimes a front for a brothel)

tree covered in fresh green leaves; newly green trees of early Summer

deserted and ruined house

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)

small, roofless boat used as a river taxi (Edo period)

ruin; depravity; corruption

ship of the dead which appears if one goes fishing during the Bon festival

evacuation boat; repatriation ship

(not) much; (not) very

old person; old-fashioned person

one's son

professional gambler; gamester

garden soil; soil used in a garden

graduate school entrance examination

taking a graduate school entrance examination

graduate school entrance examination

spot check; snap inspection; surprise test

tail

call-back function

pulmonary vein

fetal membrane; extraembryonic membrane

nuclear chemistry

rosacea

tumor necrosis factor (e.g. cachexin); tumour necrosis factor; TNF

let's see what you've got; show me what you've got

autumn eggplant; eggplant picked in the autumn

rhinophyma; red swollen nose (often associated with alcoholism)

rhinophyma; red swollen nose (often associated with alcoholism)

don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)

archery ground; archery gallery

selling individually; selling piecemeal

mountain cliff; mountain precipice

stipend; reward