young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
ball of bean paste covered with a kudzu starch glaze
destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
tirelessly; perseveringly; without letting up
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
whispering; whisper; secret talk; sweet talk; sweet nothings; lovers' talk
false reporting; fake news
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
sixteenth note; semiquaver
exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
shell ginger (Alpinia zerumbet)
fairyland; enchanted land
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
joint; reason; sense; logic
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
to take pains (doing something); to take great care
to make an appeal to the confidence of