Vocabulary

slab with a haiku cut on it

demarcation; marking of boundaries

Mecopoda nipponensis (species of katydid)

step-parent

unmixed-in lump of flour

ruled paper; lined paper

(electrical) appliance

final election; run-off

bloody sword (blade)

dedication (e.g. at the front of a book); dedicatory message

cirrostratus; cirrostratus cloud

approach (to a castle gate)

desalting (drawing salt) from salted food; salt used for desalting

sash roller; door roller; roller for a sliding door

black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron

retroflexion

postposition

hinterland

shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

goke; bowl for go-stones

Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis); wakasagi

public power; governmental authority

opening (of a bottle); broaching

factory boat (ship); floating cannery

anticancer drug; anticancer agent

acid-fast bacterium

bony fish; osteichthyan

red spots; erythema

coelenterate

dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack

mineral product; minerals

joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

check (e.g. baggage claim); tag; token

roar; peal; rumble; booming

imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot

dark blue cloth with white splash patterns

left-handed pitching

gizzard

reprocessing

resale