山梔子[kuchinashi] Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
悪巫山戯[warufuzake] prank
安土桃山時代[azuchimomoyamajidai] Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600 CE)
案山子[kakashi] scarecrow
奥山[okuyama] remote mountain

岡山県[okayamaken] Okayama prefecture (Chuugoku area)
下山[gezan] descending (mountain)
夏山[natsuyama] summery mountain
火山[kazan] volcano
火山灰[kazanbai] volcanic ash

馬酔木[asebi] Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica)
梶木[kajiki] marlin
ゴムの木[gomunoki] rubber tree
トロイの木馬[toroinomokuba] Trojan horse
木乃伊[miira] mummy

伊佐木[isaki] chicken grunt (species of fish, Parapristipoma trilineatum)
一木[ichiboku] one tree
稲木[inagi] rice-drying rack
猿も木から落ちる[sarumokikaraochiru] even monkeys fall from trees
横木[yokoki] crosspiece

栄枯[eiko] vicissitudes
栄枯盛衰[eikoseisui] ups and downs of life
黄枯茶[kigaracha] bluish yellow
夏枯れ[natsugare] summer slump
枯らびる[karabiru] to dry up

乾枯[kanko] completely drying up
枯らす[karasu] to let dry
枯れる[kareru] to wither (of a plant)
枯枝[kareeda] dead branch (or twig, etc.)
枯れ野[kareno] desolate field

賑やか[nigiyaka] bustling
賑やかさ[nigiyakasa] business
賑わい[nigiwai] prosperity
賑わう[nigiwau] to prosper
賑わす[nigiwasu] to make prosperous

殷賑[inshin] prosperity
殷賑を極める[inshinwokiwameru] to enjoy prosperity
枯れ木も山の賑わい[karekimoyamanonigiwai] half a loaf is better than none
賑あう[nigiau] to prosper
賑賑しい[niginigishii] lively