Vocabulary

Ginkgoaceae (family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo)

Hamamelidaceae (witch-hazel family)

Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)

Hydrangeaceae (family comprising the hortensias (hydrangeas))

to have an eye on; to zero in on

ancestral spirits

Juglandaceae (walnut family)

Lardizabalaceae (family of flowering plants)

Magnoliaceae (magnolia family)

Melastomataceae (melastome family)

Moraceae (family of flowering plants)

Myricaceae (wax-myrtle family)

Oleaceae (olive family)

Pinaceae (family of pine trees)

Ranunculaceae (plant family containing the crowfoot)

Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family of plants)

Rosaceae (rose family)

Salicaceae (plant family containing willows, poplars, aspens, etc.)

Styracaceae (storax family of plants)

Taxaceae (yew family)

Theaceae (family comprising the camellias and other shrubs and trees)

Thymelaeaceae (family of flowering plants)

Tiliaceae (family of flowering plants, incl. the linden)

Ulmaceae (plant family); elm

Verbenaceae (vervain family of plants)

a fortune

sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)

Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel

to look stupid; to have a critical lack

female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)

flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

erotic animation; hentai; pornographic animation

Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii)

so-and-so

voice dramatization on CD (usu. based on manga, anime, etc.)

homosexual prostitute who sold his favors at banquets (Edo period)

male homosexual's partner

hinoki leaf

long-term view

extrapolation