Vocabulary

venom gland; poison gland

poisonous moth

caster; founder

foundry; mint

tinkering; mending pots, pans, kettles

a tinker; tinkerer

mortar (for pounding rice)

mediation

iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

(one's) seating posture; way one sits

housing standards

right of residence (i.e. right to go on leasing a house, etc.)

sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon

living in idleness

falling asleep at the wheel

refusal to leave

deferred savings

period of deferment; grace period; interest-only period

trimming hair

sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others

lining at the bottom of a kimono

underskirt (half-slip), worn under kimono

kimono with design on the skirt

saw shark (esp. the Japanese saw shark, Pristiophorus japonicus)

nutcracker; nutcrackers

pepper shaker

center of a lake (centre); middle of a lake

patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over

fiction; fabrication

provisional execution

costume parade

one's leisure hours

Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce

China aster (Callistephus chinensis); Chinese aster; annual aster

being bent (with age); being stooped over

(coin) purse with a metal clasp

common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot

mist net (fine mesh for capturing small birds)

retainer; vassal; servant

followers; adherents