silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)
flowering tree; Japanese red maple (Acer pycnanthum)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
desirable prey; easy game; easy mark; easy prey; easy target
to discuss; to talk together
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
busy; having no (free) time
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to be greedy; to devour greedily
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
as a child; when one was a child