bamboo fungus (Phallus indusiatus); bamboo pith; long net stinkhorn; crinoline stinkhorn
late spring; third month of the lunar calendar
stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)
United States and Russia; US-Russian; Russian-American; Russo-American
weakening pulse; exhausted (mining) vein
(arch.) regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court); Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles)
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (arch.) going on foot; (arch.) walking
reputation; respectability
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to be free; to be available
brief moment; blink of an eye (time span)
to wait for a ripe moment
teetotal day; day off drinking; (lit.) liver rest day
oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
irreligion; unbelief; atheism; atheist
moving an object of worship
reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
herd of horses; pack of horses (in a race)
Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead)
to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)
rain falling on cherry blossoms; rain at the time of the blossoming of cherry trees
spine; backbone; spinal column
hero; manly person; warrior
womb; uterus; pork or beef uterus, eaten grilled or raw
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
viviparity; viviparous; zoogonous; live-bearing
shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish
capital (of a column); stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower