expression:

• pleasantly cool (as in the arrival of autumn) - archaism ➜ 秋涼【しゅうりょう】

noun:

• Azuchi period (first half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1582 CE) ➜ 安土桃山時代

noun:

• raining for days on end

noun / ~する noun:

• ventral massage

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to line up with

noun:

• amanatsu (Citrus natsudaidai); sweet form of Chinese citron ➜ 夏みかん

noun:

• red mail bag - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• sleeping late in the morning

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant - common error is 愛想を振りまく

noun:

• evacuation; surrender

noun:

• abura-gaya (Scirpus wichurai)

noun:

• papyrus boat

noun:

• blue mold; blue mould; penicillium

noun:

• hemp cord; hemp twine

noun:

• copper yeast; copper-enriched yeast

noun:

• mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō - pun on あほだら and 陀羅尼経 ➜ あほだら

noun:

• (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom) - four character idiom

noun:

• night soil
• muck; filth; dirt

noun:

• umbrella

noun:

• Myrmarachne japonica (species of ant-mimicking spider)

noun:

• coquette; flirt; vamp; minx; tease

adjectival noun:

• making light of; disregarding ➜ 徒や疎か【あだやおろそか】

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• seasoned nori (laver) - Food term

noun:

• reticulum