Vocabulary

marl

pilot tunnel

Queen-sen (annual competitive karuta title match)

ōyamafuda (comp. karuta); the six cards with six-mora-long kimariji

personal seal (oft. of favorite words or phrases rather than one's name)

garden snail (Euhadra quaesita)

faux-hawk (hairstyle); fauxhawk

cloth-dyeing technique incorporating flower patterns

raising plants; cultivating (vegetation); planting

alcohol diluted with hot water

anti-inflammatory (substance)

needle threader

director (of an observatory)

characters that are difficult to read; poor handwriting

view of society

spikelet; spicule; locusta

to whip; to lash; to give the rod

back street; back alley

(needle) threader

dreadful thought; painful experience; terrible thought; horrendous ordeal

top of a dam or embankment (oft. used as a road); levee crown

tide measurement; tidal observation

"blue tide" phenomenon of an upwelling of oxygen-depleted water

harai-te (comp. karuta); sweeping take; one of the fundamental styles of taking cards

osae-te (comp. karuta); one of the fundamental styles of taking cards

kakoi-te (comp. karuta); covering take; style of taking cards, mostly used for cards with long kimariji

dead card (comp. karuta); cards that are not present at the start of the match

read card (comp. karuta)

correct card (comp. karuta); card on the field corresponding to the defuda

opening a thumbturn (from the other side of the door)

dried-up river (caused by intentional diversion of the flow); filled-in river; abandoned river

tiger's mouth; pattern of three stones resembling a cat's face; used as a connection

trumpet connection; lion's mouth; move that connects stones by creating two tigers' mouths

aji keshi; bad move that ruins one's aji by forcing the opponent to solidify

what is it?; what's going on?; what is that?

cross-country

Toki Pona (constructed language)

distal

olecranon

flat top