Vocabulary

Bletilla striata (purple variety of orchid)

Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)

hermaphroditism

monoecy; monoecism

sexual selection

gonochorism; unisexualism

dioecy; dioecism

sexual selection

sexing (of chickens, silkworms, etc.)

bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face

seafood cooked whole so that it retains its original form

capitalist

capital transaction

one's nature; one's disposition

revaluation of assets

financial statement; statement of assets

wealthy person

income stock

valuation of assets

moon shining in a rain-cleansed sky

the husband of one's elder sister

paper doll modeled after a kimono-clad woman

reddish-brown; yellowish-brown; persimmon color

kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.

opening of a new theater (theatre)

one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters

(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home

one's wife and mistress(es)

wife

egoism

self publicity; advertising oneself

self-preservation

self-deception; self-deceit

self-alienation

craving for the limelight

a fire raging in one's own home

stupefaction

a free nation

(early Meiji era) democratic rights ideology

freedom-restricting punishment; imprisonment