Vocabulary

monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka

poetic style

place that is often written about in waka poetry

river port

kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

riverbed

river water; stream

cucumber sushi wrapped in nori; cucumber makizushi

puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish

hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); hippo

fire tower

fire lookout; watchtower

night watch; fire watchman

firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight

flamethrower

lamp chimney

condition of fire; heat level; fire strength

apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

spreading of a fire

urgency; exigency; emergency

falling star; fireball

burning at the stake; execution by burning

firelight

(volcanic) crater; caldera

crater lake

bowl (of a pipe)

volcanic activity

volcanic rock

burning duration (e.g. of charcoal); capability of burning for a long time; fire-holding qualities

stoker

distilled liquor; spirits; hard liquor

fire bed; fire grate

eating cooked food

cassowary (Casuarius spp.)

igneous rock

Martian

flames; forefront of fire; flame tips

flint; firestone

this world of suffering

fire disaster