a year

a motif in Chinese art featuring the "three friends of winter": pine (or daffodil), bamboo, and plum blossom

twenty years old

a fourspine sculpin (species Cottus kazika); very similar to the kajika (see below), but larger

(rare) a fourspine sculpin (species Cottus kazika); very similar to the kajika (see below), but larger

a Japanese fluvial sculpin (species Cottus pollux), more commonly known as 鰍 (kajika)

a Japanese fluvial sculpin (species Cottus pollux); very similar to the kamakiri (see above), but smaller

試験: examination, exam, test; quiz / 私見: personal opinion

湿気る: to be damp / 時化る: to be stormy

黄土色: ochre (yellowish-orange colour)