漆 (lacquer, varnish)

ひとの声こえに似にた不気味ぶきみな鳴き声なきごえ、漆黒しっこくの羽はね、死し肉にくを啄ついばむ姿すがたなどから、鴉からすは不幸ふこうに舞まい降おりる不吉ふきつな鳥とりとして世界せかいに知しられています。

A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.

一般的には皮革、あるいは和紙を漆でかためた陣傘(これは後に鉄板を切り抜き笠状に形成した陣笠に取って代わられる。)、鉄の胴鎧、篭手、陣羽織を装着し、そのほか水筒、鼻紙、布にくるんだ米など(例芋がら縄)を携帯していた。

Ashigaru generally wore a conical hat (jingasa) made from lacquer hardened leather or Japanese paper (this was later developed into jingasa made from iron plates that were cut and fashioned into a cone shape), iron body armor, gauntlets and a jinbaori (sleeveless campaign jacket worn over armor) in addition to carrying a canteen, tissue paper, rice wrapped in cloth and other items (e.g. dried taro stems).