姥

elderly woman

noh mask of an old woman

mountain witch; yamauba

practice of abandoning old people, usu. women

faded beauty

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)

Aspasma minima (species of clingfish)

mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)

position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred

Obsolete term; Slang; Derogatory; Used in the Meiji and Taisho periods

women's college

(Japanese) Darby and Joan

Inversidens brandti (species of freshwater mussel)

Rare term

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)