the Xia dynasty (first dynasty of China) / Short for 大夏 (Daika): Xia, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms / Short for 西夏 (Seika): Western Xia, an empire during the Song dynasty / a surname

summer / Xia dynasty

(Buddhism) summer according to the lunisolar calendar; the ninety days starting from the sixteenth day of the fourth month until the fifteenth day of the seventh month

付く: gain; become

蟻塚: anthill (home of ants and termites)

(Tsugaru) forehead

葉月: (archaic) the eighth month of the lunar calendar

葉月: a female given name

酵素学: enzymology

ファイバー光学: fiber optics