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

沓下[kutsushita] socks
沓直鳥[hototogisu] lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
わら沓[waragutsu] straw boots
雑沓[zattou] congestion
浅沓[asagutsu] shallow clogs (worn by nobles; originally made of leather, later made of black lacquered paulownia)

深沓[fukagutsu] deep boots
雪沓[yukigutsu] snow boots or shoes
沓脱[kutsunugi] place where one can remove one's shoes before entering a house
沓脱ぎ石[kutsunugiishi] stepping stone

直向[hitamuki] earnest
安直[anchoku] inexpensive
一直[icchoku] lining out to first base
一直線[icchokusen] straight line
鉛直[enchoku] perpendicular

下駄直し[getanaoshi] repairing clogs
開き直る[hirakinaoru] to become defiant
気を取り直す[kiwotorinaosu] to completely rethink
急転直下[kyuutenchokka] suddenly and precipitately
居直る[inaoru] to sit up properly straight

鳥竜茶[uuroncha] oolong tea
愛鳥[aichou] pet bird
鳥渡[choto] just a minute
一石二鳥[issekinichou] killing two birds with one stone
益鳥[ekichou] beneficial bird

黄鳥[kouchou] Japanese bush warbler (Cettia diphone)
伽藍鳥[garanchou] pelican
火食鳥[hikuidori] cassowary (Casuarius spp.)
花鳥[kachou] flowers and birds
花鳥風月[kachoufuugetsu] beauties of nature