Vocabulary

game industry

Sanuki udon; thick udon from Kagawa prefecture

seal shop; stamp maker

four months

allegro

viewing noh; seeing a noh play; going to a noh theater

big bend (esp. in a road)

(being in) reduced circumstances; (having) fallen into poverty

sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)

late-ripening citrus (e.g. pomelo)

sanukite

I wish the same for myself

Noah's ark (Arca noae)

Korean hard clam (Meretrix lamarckii)

Umbonium giganteum (species of sea snail)

channeled apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata); golden apple snail

channeled apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata); golden apple snail

Laguncula pulchella (species of predatory sea snail)

Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)

Batillaria zonalis (small sandy shore snail)

date shell (Lithophaga curta); date mussel

to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity

a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold

winter chrysanthemum (hardy cultivar of Chrysanthemum indicum)

second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence

off-season flowering

in the same breath; hardly had the words been said

first dried nori after the winter

goosefish hotpot

rabbit soup

rice cooked together with oyster meat, etc.

narezushi of amberjack and turnip (Kanazawa speciality)

venison stew

maple tree not yet turned red

daikon-offering ceremony (Ryotokuji temple, Kyoto)

winter vegetables

hoshina soup

bath of dried leaves (esp. daikon and turnip)

chirping of crickets in late autumn

poor isolated village