Vocabulary

sound of waves

morning glow; morning mist (haze)

even or odd

one's favorite mistress; one's favourite mistress

playing the koto

favor; favour; grace

mixture; preparation

beginning of the year

sign; token

rapid progress (strides)

units of square measure (for rice fields, forests, etc.)

one long sword

tympanites; abdominal dropsy; bloating of the abdominal region

direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun

direct import (export)

water tank

strange phenomenon

local deity; guardian god

wasteful expenses

additional publication

out of the range of communication

grave

pommel

parking lot rented on a monthly basis

menses

next number (magazine, etc.); next issue

legs of a table

thin strip of wood smeared with sulfur, used to light a fire

street stall

maple; scarlet-tinged ivy

clang of hoofs; sound of a koto

claw clutch

life as evanescent as the dew

angler

Gruidae (bird family comprising the cranes)

change of dynasty

Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)

home education

step-down transformer

frog; fourchette; pad in a horse's hoof that acts as a shock absorber