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

一念発起[ichinenhokki] being resolved to (do something)
引き起す[hikiokosu] to cause
縁起[engi] omen
喚起[kanki] arousal
起きる[okiru] to get up

起上る[okiagaru] to rise
起す[okosu] to raise
起こり得る[okoriuru] to be possible to occur
起る[okoru] to occur
起つ[tatsu] to rise up

蒲鉾[kamaboko] (processed) fish paste
鉾先[hokosaki] point of spear
鯱鉾[shacchoko] mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)
蒲鉾兵舎[kamabokoheisha] Quonset hut
山鉾[yamaboko] festival float mounted with a decorative halberd

揚げ蒲鉾[agekamaboko] deep-fried kamaboko
銅鉾[douboko] bronze hoko
鉾杉[hokosugi] spear-shaped Japanese cedar
筋蒲鉾[sujikamaboko] gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)