Vocabulary

dominance (of a species)

many years of stress and anxiety (as would cause one's hair to grow white); three-thousand jō of white hair (nine kilometers)

open; beginning

palmate venation (of a leaf); palmate vein

trinerbate venation (of a leaf); trinerve

parallel venation (of a leaf); parallel veins

reader (in competitive karuta); reciter; person who reads the cards

friend of a father who is also a father; dads who are friends; dad friend

oils and fats; oil stuff; (ingredient with) high oil content

wood used to make charcoal

shaving ability (of a razor); shaving performance

samurai acting as an attendant; retainer

slight intoxication; being tipsy; mellowness

urinary retention; anuria; ischuria; anuresis; retentio urinae

inflammability

dead code; unreachable code

scrim; gauze curtain

imparipinnate compound leaf; odd-pinnate compound leaf

paripinnate compound leaf; even-pinnate compound leaf

palmate compound leaf

ternate compound leaf

entire margin (of a leaf); leaf edge without serrations or bumps

double hane (move)

leaf primordium

busyness

woven-straw cat house

destroying a lock

groin protector; protective cup

animal shelter; (dog) pound

directrix

rice bread

organ property; organic mechanism; constitution

new proposal

eyestalk; optic stalk

pumpernickel

sea snake soup (traditional Okinawan dish)

scallop and vegetable soup (specialty of Fukushima prefecture)

oyster thief (Colpomenia sinuosa); pocket thief; brown algae

darkened beige; light brown; warm clove brown

ripple mark