Vocabulary

plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)

fire box in traditional Japanese lantern

suits (for men)

out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

counter for colours

low-calorie

large temple edifice; large temple

governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

(traditional) Japanese style

adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner

arabesque; scrollwork

cloud flying through the sky

counter for Buddhist images (statues and paintings)

with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there

short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store

is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; is not even ...

parentheses; parenthesis; (round) brackets

summary (e.g. in a thesis); summation

presidential election

dental college; dental university

low kick (e.g. in fighting)

minaret

Shirvanshah

tell (Middle-Eastern archaeological mound)

ice shaver; shaved ice machine

not; un-

ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors

ill-omened; unlucky

there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...

taming (of an animal); domestication

call number (e.g. of a book in a library)

Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989); Tiananmen Square Incident

Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu (iaido style)

smoking

without; unless

The Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)

haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)

cloudy sky looking like it will snow soon

Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it