Cynanchum caudatum (species of swallowwort)
Ainu plucked string instrument
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
Iomante; Ainu ceremony in which a brown bear is raised for two years and then sacrificed
tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
rough estimate; sloppy accounting; slapdash bookkeeping
miso-based sauce; miso sauce
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
misty mountain in spring with buds and flowers emerging
pheasant's eye (species of buttercup, Adonis ramosa)
Kyūju era (1154.10.28-1156.4.27)
seasonal laborer; seasonal labourer
Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinensis)
Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce
excretion; discharge; excrement
branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer; abatis
eye doctor; oculist; ophthalmologist
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)
leather belt; cartridge or gun belt
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to press oil
having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things