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

愛郷[aikyou] love for one's hometown
愛郷心[aikyoushin] love of one's hometown
異郷[ikyou] strange land
家郷[kakyou] one's homeland
郷に入っては郷に従え[gouniittehagounishitagae] when in Rome, do as the Romans do

郷軍[gougun] veteran
郷愁[kyoushuu] nostalgia
郷土[kyoudo] native place
郷土小説[kyoudoshousetsu] local story
郷土料理[kyoudoryouri] local cuisine