Vocabulary

dry river; wadi; arroyo

sushi

machine sewing; sewing by machine

pecten; comb plate

large-pupilled; dark-eyed; having large irises

turning thirty and therefore becoming independent; at thirty, one stands on one's own

safety reflector; reflector; reflective material

to face danger; to fall into crisis

barking over nothing (of a dog); barking at passers-by or visitors

long howl (of a dog, etc.)

barking while in retreat

standard black (in printing); plain black; flat black; K100 black

registration black (in printing)

(Japanese) imperial government

Bureau of the Imperial Palace Kitchens (under the ritsuryō system)

polished rice; white rice

polished rice

nonsensical or offensive reply (on Twitter)

slandering (someone) when reporting to the Emperor

proprioception; kinaesthesia; position sense

curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party

curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party

serving food (to a nobleman); nobleman's server

wearing one's hair up

the Bon Festival and New Year

accommodation tax; bed tax; transient occupancy tax; lodging tax

hard glass; hardened glass

manufacturing plant; production facility

parents' observation day (at school); parents' visiting day; open day

basal ganglia; basal nuclei

unincorporated area; township not formally in a municipality

former municipal system used for some islands in Japan

first wife; legal wife

second wife; later wife; concubine

wave (on the water's surface)

sound of fulling blocks pounding cloth

steep (mountain); precipitous

to chop down trees (in a mountain forest)

blooming tachibana; tachibana flower

plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin