Kyūjitai form of 挿絵 (“illustration”)

Kyūjitai form of 挿し絵 (“illustration”)

art / technique / skill / means / trick / resources / magic

technique / art / way, means

means, way

酸い: sour (taste)

水: one of the five classical elements in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine: see the "Wu Xing" entry on Wikipedia / 粋: chic, style, purity, essence

水: Wednesday

水曜: Wednesday / 垂楊: weeping willow

素直: tractable; honest, direct