Vocabulary

green-winged teal (species of duck, Anas crecca)

light or fine rain; drizzle

small misfortune

slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous

lock of hair (on the side of the head)

light reddish brown

variegated flowering

laughing gas; nitrous oxide

laugh; laughter

laughingstock; butt of ridicule

laughingstock; butt of a joke; object of ridicule

laughing off; dismissing with a laugh

please accept (this)

please accept (this)

comic picture; funny illustration

amusing story

(theatrical) farce

smiling face

finder (of lost property)

finder (of lost property)

a report (of one's findings)

gangway; boarding bridge

bailiff

administration; government; administrator; chief executive

consul (of the Roman republic)

at work

hibernation; staying home or in place

surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste

gatekeeper; crossing guard

stepping stone

board (across a ditch, etc.)

step; (flight of) stairs

place to stand

duodenal ulcer

sufficient condition

the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history

lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head

chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

wading birds

useless book learning; knowing the theory but not being able to put it into practice; swim practice on a tatami mat