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

哀歌[aika] lament (song)
愛唱歌[aishouka] (one's) favourite song
詠歌[eika] poem (esp. tanka)
艶歌[enka] enka
応援歌[ouenka] rooters' song

歌い合う[utaiau] to sing responsively
歌い上げる[utaiageru] to sing at the top of one's voice
歌詠み[utayomi] tanka composer
歌会[utakai] poetry party or competition

民譚集[mindanshuu] collection of folk stories
後日譚[gojitsudan] sequel
異聞奇譚[ibunkitan] strange stories and curious tales
英雄譚[eiyuutan] epic
譚詩曲[tanshikyoku] ballade

譚歌[tanka] ballad
奇譚[kitan] mysterious story
経験譚[keikentan] story recounting one's personal experience
古譚[kotan] old tale
譚詩[tanshi] ballade