Vocabulary

gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)

common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)

Polygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)

Eusteralis yatabeana (species of plant in the mint family)

Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)

bowman's root (Veronicastrum sibiricum); Culver's root

Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife)

small eggplant

Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

white bush clover

one house; the same house

the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter

autumn dusk

Fuji dawn (species of violet, Viola mandshurica)

clashing waves; tides in narrow sea straits

frozen harbor

imperial carriage

battered child syndrome

false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)

waves in narrow straits

paper mulberry

cloth (esp. cloth made from fibers of the paper mulberry tree)

traveling by sleigh

bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

knife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor

bronze currency of ancient China (both spade-shaped coins and knife coins)

day one is on duty

appearance; figure; shape; form

air duct

diving knife

acronym

compensator; compensating device

buoyancy compensator

buoyancy control device; BCD

air tank (scuba)

air sac; bladder; air bag; windbag

type of scuba buoyancy control device with a back-mounted air bladder

front-mounted BCD; scuba buoyancy control device with a front-mounted air bladder

jacket type (e.g. a style of clothing)