Vocabulary

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

to sweep clean; to brush clean

benzodiazepine

public space; (in) public

counter for choices, options, etc.

to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth

soccer fan

long ball (esp. soccer)

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

cerebellar

gramine

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

to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body or mind; to be helpful; to be useful

to die

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

long-range

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

keyless

night-soil reservoir dug in the field; field latrine

early

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