Vocabulary

glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening

smoking (of meat); fumigation; oxidation (of metal)

to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)

noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift

to happily give away; to be glad (to give, to get rid of)

wrapping paper for a present; gift wrapping paper; wrapping paper with a noshi decoration printed on it

paper bag for putting a present in

to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light

fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

embers; live charcoal

glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal

to cause to be inflamed

to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to fester

burning to death

overripeness

in full bloom; in full glory; glorious; luxuriant; splendid

reptile

Japanese chin (dog breed); Japanese spaniel

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

craft; cunning

sly; cunning; crafty

your highness; your grace; your eminence

Geibi Gorge (Ichinoseki, Iwate)

suspicion (of others); jealousy

scarlet fever

vulgar; indecent; crude; sordid

indecent talk; obscene talk; lewd conversation; dirty story; smut

pornography; obscene book

obscene; indecent; dirty; improper

hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

quartz

amber (colour, color)

enamel; enamelled metalware (sinks, pots, etc.)

agate

scabies; the itch; mange

wart

to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to twinge

throbbing pain

herpes

smallpox; variola