Vocabulary

these days; now; recently

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

like this; this sort; this way

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

purpura; purple spot

Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)

purple lightning; flash; swordflash

rosewood; red sandalwood

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

extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce

egoism

self publicity; advertising oneself