to heat empty cookware (as when forgetting to put water in a kettle, pot, etc.); to dry heat cookware

spring sky, especially clear sky in spring

summer sky, especially clear and blazing sky

兀:

木屑: / 忽: one hundred-thousandth / 笏: / 骨: remains, ashes; knack

北: north

past tense form of きる / past tense form of くる

肝: liver, courage

着手: a dresser: someone who puts on clothing / 来手: someone who comes (to do something)

来て: the conjunctive form of the verb 来る (kuru, “to come”)