mongrel; mixed-breed dog; dog of nondescript breed
grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea); gray wagtail
to die and be reborn as something else
mouth freshener; oral deodorant
petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China)
himedaka; gold-colored breed of the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes)
money tip wrapped in paper
pickled Japanese horseradish; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees
female narrator in a silent movie theatre
night mooring (for a boat); sleeping away for the night (esp. in a red light district)
riverside; edge of a river
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
scar; spasm; twitch; cramp
obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes
all things have the Buddha nature
comforter; muffler; neckerchief; scarf; neckwear
to rustle; to make a rustling sound; to crinkle
card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta)
young boy or girl being trained as a geisha or as a kabuki actor
world of the lost; human realm; this world
Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river
to be caught in an evening shower
crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete
red beard; person with a red beard; Westerner; Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
whatever misfortune happens; (lit.) even if spears fall out of the sky