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Yabunouchi school of tea ceremony

being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony)

spearflower (Ardisia japonica)

labyrinth

Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)

wetland with abundant vegetation

(medical) quack

to stir up trouble for oneself

woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

Japanese cinnamon (Cinnamomum japonicum)

Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)

bush dog (Speothos venaticus)

yabu soba

Japanese holly fern (Cyrtomium fortunei)

bolt from the blue

out of the blue

orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso)

bushkiller (species of herbaceous plant, Cayratia japonica)

thicket of bamboo grass

wild camellia (Camellia japonica)

big blue lilyturf (Liriope muscari)

erect hedge parsley (Torilis japonica)

hiking through dense vegetation

thicket

squint

pademelon