brook running across meadowland; small river flowing through a field
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
to (try to) act like a big-shot
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
mountain river; mountain stream
Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); Edo shogunate
ditch with running water; drainage channel
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings
to cross the Rubicon; to pass a point of no return
river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine
river raised above the surrounding land
Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)
Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)
river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying
Yokogawa Bridge Corporation
Miyagawairyō Reform School
Tamagawa Modern Art Museum
Nakagawa Station (Kanagawa)
Sakuragawa Station (Osaka)
Katsuragawa Station (Hokkaido)
Yanagawa Station (Yamanashi)