Vocabulary

groin protector; protective cup

animal shelter; (dog) pound

directrix

rice bread

organ property; organic mechanism; constitution

new proposal

eyestalk; optic stalk

pumpernickel

sea snake soup (traditional Okinawan dish)

scallop and vegetable soup (specialty of Fukushima prefecture)

oyster thief (Colpomenia sinuosa); pocket thief; brown algae

darkened beige; light brown; warm clove brown

ripple mark

marl

pilot tunnel

Queen-sen (annual competitive karuta title match)

ōyamafuda (comp. karuta); the six cards with six-mora-long kimariji

personal seal (oft. of favorite words or phrases rather than one's name)

garden snail (Euhadra quaesita)

faux-hawk (hairstyle); fauxhawk

cloth-dyeing technique incorporating flower patterns

raising plants; cultivating (vegetation); planting

alcohol diluted with hot water

anti-inflammatory (substance)

needle threader

director (of an observatory)

characters that are difficult to read; poor handwriting

view of society

spikelet; spicule; locusta

back street; back alley

(needle) threader

top of a dam or embankment (oft. used as a road); levee crown

tide measurement; tidal observation

"blue tide" phenomenon of an upwelling of oxygen-depleted water

harai-te (comp. karuta); sweeping take; one of the fundamental styles of taking cards

osae-te (comp. karuta); one of the fundamental styles of taking cards

kakoi-te (comp. karuta); covering take; style of taking cards, mostly used for cards with long kimariji

dead card (comp. karuta); cards that are not present at the start of the match

read card (comp. karuta)

correct card (comp. karuta); card on the field corresponding to the defuda