Vocabulary

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

suffering caused by the cold

cold-suffering bird; kankuchō; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes

cold winter dawn

window with a view of a Japanese mugwort thicket

unkempt hair; disheveled hair; tousled hair

rice gruel with mochi

drinks to celebrate the New Year (sake, wine, etc.)

winter fog; fog during winter

burning fallen leaves; autumn leaf burning

winter; winter season

braconid; member of the Braconidae (family of parasitic wasps)

waterfowl sleeping while floating on water

little grebe

winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter

sake heated by burning fallen leaves

twittering of a bush warbler (esp. during winter); tiny twittering

daikon pickled in salted rice yeast

half-dried daikon, salted and picked in kōji

rice cooked with matsutake

beginning of a game

start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff

motivating the troops on the battlefield with war drums and war cries

horse mackerel caught in autumn

bonito caught in autumn

autumn saba; mackerel caught in autumn

green mandarin; mandarin variety that can be eaten while the skin is green

freshly harvested adzuki beans

newly harvested sesame seeds

tofu made from freshly harvested soy beans

cooked rice with yam bulblets