文房四宝: the four treasures of the study

cultural festival (a regularly-held Japanese school event meant to display the activities of the students)

cultural sphere

a Java sparrow

spectroscope

hearsay; rumor; gossip

to rumor; to gossip

unannotated Classical Chinese text, as opposed to Classical Chinese text annotated with kunten reading aids to read it as Japanese, or the Japanese reading of a Classical Chinese text

unsettled; unfinished; undivided

refined in manner, exhibiting a balance between civilized sophistication and simplicity