unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony
bolt from the blue; unforeseen event; complete surprise
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
poor doctor; inept doctor; quack
thicket; bush; clump of bushes
squint; cross-eyed; mistaken view
wild camellia (Camellia japonica); common camellia
squint; cross-eyed; mistaken view
yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff
yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff
woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow
bush dog (Speothos venaticus)
East Asian pollia (Pollia japonica) (species of spiderwort)
orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso); tawny daylily
big blue lilyturf (Liriope muscari); lilyturf; liriope; border grass; monkey grass
Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
Japanese cinnamon (Cinnamomum japonicum)
European hare (Lepus europaeus); brown hare
Japanese holly fern (Crytomium fortunei)
holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months