Vocabulary

donation; contribution; endowment

crossed eyes; convergent strabismus

pushing an opponent out with one's body

one's temporary residence

temporary resident

boarding student

fee for board and lodging

living with (someone) temporarily; staying with

hip roof; hipped roof; building with a hip roof

pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder

gift

glittering stars

riparian works

port at the mouth of a river

river system

river terrace

actors; players; riverbank beggars

labourer or entertainer of the lowest social rank (in medieval Japan)

brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii)

brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

opium addiction

Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

large broad bean

mumps

mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō

Sukhavati sutra

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman

bitch; shameless woman

amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia)

flute mouthpiece

theme chosen for an imperial poetry contest

Nichiren chant

bamboo blind

reciprocal treaty; treaty of reciprocity

reciprocal trade

reciprocal tariff

abstract art