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

飲干す[nomihosu] to drink up
刈り干す[karihosu] to cut and dry (in the sun)
干菓子[higashi] dried candies
乾干し[karaboshi] sun-dried fish or vegetables
干物[hoshimono] things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)

干し固める[hoshikatameru] to dry until stiff
干草[hoshigusa] hay
干る[hiru] to dry
干害[kangai] drought disaster

草臥れる[kutabireru] to get tired
遺草[isou] posthumous works
一年草[ichinensou] annual (plant)
詠草[eisou] draft poem
下草[shitakusa] undergrowth

仮名草紙[kanazoushi] story in the kana
伽草子[togizoushi] fairy-tale book
海草[kaisou] marine plant
乾草[kansou] hay
甘草[kanzou] liquorice