Vocabulary

porringer

dysmorphophobia; body dysmorphic disorder; cacophobia

estimated time of death

blackening; going black; turning black

drop volley (tennis)

loop; shape of a hiragana "no"

replacing wallpaper; redecorating

air hoar; air frost; soft rime

denomination of a Shinto shrine

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

for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance

in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)

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

choripetalous; polypetalous; schizopetalous

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)

deciduous (e.g. tree)

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)