Vocabulary

forked stick

stick with deer antlers attached (used by monks as a walking stick)

manager of itinerant entertainers (Edo period)

commission; brokerage; wages

fan seppuku; death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated

rice planting

box for holding letters

dark brown; muddy brown

gaining (in prestige, etc.) from being named in a love rumor

going insultingly easy on an opponent; not trying one's best

chestnut brown

unredeemed article; forfeited item

special ward tax

antifouling; stain resistance; stain-proofing; anti-soiling

short-range forecast (usu. weather); daily forecast

long-range forecast (usu. weather)

supporting each other after suffering similar hardships; licking each other's wounds

run by a village; village-operated

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

rat race

to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

army hospital; military hospital

brushwood color

extremely; very much

pine-brown color

second player (out of three); player that goes after the dealer

deciding the order of players (by drawing one card each; highest draw deals)

deciding the dealer

score counter (for multiples of kan)

neawase; Heian-period game of pulling out sweet flags and competing over whose plant has the longest roots

mud bath (e.g. for pigs); mud pit

yellow-greenish light brown

clitic

minohiki chicken (Japanese long-tailed breed)

custom color (e.g. for a vehicle)

the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame)

Korean mint (Agastache rugosa); purple giant hyssop

card used to pick up the remaining three cards of the same suit in the field

card (oft. featuring illustrations of sweets) used to represent money when gambling