桜湯: sakura tea: pickled sakura blossoms steeped in hot water

to count on one's fingers / (figuratively) to count down the days until something will happen

禁輸品: contraband

禁輸: embargo

肝油: cod liver oil / 換喩: metonymy

直喩: simile / 勅諭: imperial instructions / 直輸: direct import or export

指輪: ring (item worn on the finger)

重油: fuel oil

癒着: (medicine) adhesion; a collusive relationship, collusion

癒着: (medicine) to adhere; to have a collusive relationship