necessary evil

assistant in wine shop / groom (keeper of domestic animals)

A place used for excreting human waste. Toilet.

a male given name

the maple tree / a color scheme for 襲 (kasane, “layered kimono”, literally “layering”), where both the outer and inner layers are light green

a female given name

short for 長江 (Chōkō): the Yangtze River / old name for 琵琶湖 (Biwa-ko): Lake Biwa / a surname / a unisex given name

glue / isinglass

(poetic) a frog (amphibious animal) / (Noh theater) a specific mask used in certain Noh plays, depicting a drowned person

give an answer / solve