Vocabulary

off-track betting

floor broker (stock exchange); floor trader

obstruction

push-up door; roll-up shutter

lightly deep-fried (food, esp. tofu)

bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

raised leg; lifting a leg

faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling

cooking oil

high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)

ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear

landing ship

excess of withdrawals over deposits

soaring skylark; high-flying skylark

deep fryer; pot used for frying

hot-water tap; hot spring

women who assist bathers at hot-springs resorts

dizziness caused by prolonged hot bath

woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt)

water temperature (esp. bath)

bubbles in boiling water

boiled water which has cooled

chilly feeling after a bath

hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite

hot-spring mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite; sinter

women's waistcloth; loincloth

scale (i.e. hard water coating in a kettle, etc.); fur

public bathhouse

weariness caused by prolonged hot bath

soaking (fabric) in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam

tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk

boiling (e.g. food)

steam

warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water

bathhouse charge

steam ironing

washing a corpse for burial

libertine

squander