Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)
autumn breeze; fall breeze
dyeing black; dyed black; dark
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
to get along; to hit it off; to be on the same page; to work well together; to synchronize
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
wetting; love affair; lover
to become bright; to become clear
evening; last night; yesterday evening
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
young imperial prince; child of the imperial family; shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
ventilation fan; extractor fan
deciding match; play-off; runoff
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
recitation; reciting from memory