Vocabulary

local subsidiary

bacterial bed

tidying up; finishing

guidepost; signpost

frizzled hair; curly hair

last hole; finishing hole

instructor at a correctional facility (esp. juvenile detention centre)

correctional facility (for juveniles); juvenile detention centre (center); reformatory

Maoist group

drive recorder; dashcam; event data recorder; EDR

correspondence notebook (e.g. between teacher and parents); contact notebook; communication notebook

over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child

benzodiazepine

soccer fan

long ball (esp. soccer)

treating (someone) like they are air; ignoring (someone)

gramine

waterproof shoes; rain boots; rubber boots; Wellington boots; gumboots

inferior species; inferior breed; inferior race

Bromeliales; order of flowering plants

Chinese-style fried chicken topped with chopped scallions and sweet vinegar and soy sauce

polyamine

avenger; revenger

underwear; underclothes; undergarment; inner garment; innerwear; inner wear

night-soil reservoir dug in the field; field latrine

footballer; football player

spirit; soul

gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa

intrecciato; leather-weaving technique

thousand-day walk through the mountains from Hieizan to the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto (ascetic practice of the Tendai sect)

aromatherapist

letter of marque

letter of marque

Afghan hound; Afghan

privateer; corsair

ulcerative lesion

cutting in line; queue jumping

stein

pumping

the three Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic)