hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail
intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.); temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
manifestation; public show; showing conspicuously
Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
drinking and vomiting; coming and going
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
to suffer damage; to be deceived
reader model; amateur model who appears in fashion magazines
veil of darkness; curtain of night
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
such a thing; something like that
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
very much; exceedingly; extremely
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition