Vocabulary

Tengmalm's owl (Aegolius funereus); boreal owl

spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)

dire wolf (extinct, Canis dirus)

cave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus)

nodding anemone (Anemone cernua)

yak tail hair

black yak's tail

yak hair dyed red; red hair

hair tied with red yak's tail hair

mother bear with two cubs

bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China)

eight delicacies

Koryo dynasty tea bowl

Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)

Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)

midwife

greediness; avariciousness

common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena

roe deer (Capreolus capreolus); European roe

slag

field

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

profitable basis; paying basis; economic basis

equalizing goal; equalizer

prompt conclusion; early conclusion

mixed miso (e.g. white and red)

to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)

industrial robot

problems of the elderly

rare; extraordinary; singular

click-clack; clip-clop; clatter

plans for one's day, plans for one's year, plans for one's life, and plans for one's family

to cry and beg for mercy; to apologize in tears

crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)

Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker

articular facet; facies articularis

public hearing

Naiad (moon of Neptune)

entering a tea room

entering a tea room