Vocabulary

denomination of a Shinto shrine

name post outside a shrine (usu. a stone pillar)

atmometer; evaporimeter

evapotranspiration

orca; killer whale

isolation room; quarantine room; isolation ward

certain diagnosis; clear diagnosis; definitive diagnosis

small tanuki

touch-me-not (Impatiens textori); jewelweed

Adenostemma lavenia (species of flowering plant)

pseudanthium; flower head

small flower; floret

bisexual flower

bisexuality

papilionaceous; butterfly-shaped

anemochory; dispersion by wind (of seeds)

deep-veined maple (Acer argutum)

horned maple (Acer diabolicum)

hawthorn-leaf maple (Acer crataegifolium); uri maple

hornbeam maple (Acer carpinifolium)

Kyushu maple (Acer capillipes); red snakebark maple

Nikko maple (Acer maximowiczianum)

Acer ukurunduense (species of Asian maple); Acer caudatum subsp. ukurundense

grey-budded snake-bark maple (Acer rufinerve); redvein maple; Honshū maple

Nippon maple (Acer nipponicum)

box elder (Acer negundo); boxelder maple; ash-leaved maple; maple ash; ashleaf maple

steamed bun shaped like a maple leaf

traditional Kyoto-style confectionery (often used in tea ceremony)

yew (Taxus baccata); English yew; European yew

Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani); cedar of Lebanon; Turkish cedar; Taurus cedar

Japanese plum-yew (Cephalotaxus harringtonia); Harrington's cephalotaxus; cowtail pine

Hollywood juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. kaizuka); Chinese pyramid juniper

Amami pine (Pinus amamiana); Yakushima white pine

date-plum (Diospyros lotus); Caucasian persimmon; lilac persimmon

(Chinese) woodblock carving; woodcut

Japanese ternstroemia (Ternstroemia gymnanthera); cleyera

Alnus firma (species of alder)

lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

Chinese indigo (Indigofera decora); summer wisteria

Euphrasia insignis (species of eyebright)