Vocabulary

binding

to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)

sōryō system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)

Niangniang; Chinese goddess

Malagasy person

gravelly soil

final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue

to pull one's hair back into a bun

annihilation

tankini

account page (on a website)

brush for dusting off clothes

testicular cancer; testicular tumor (tumour)

portrait orientation; vertical orientation

revising (a manuscript); rewriting

shrewd; penetrating; keen

to die; to go to heaven

don't miss it; stay tuned; coming soon; look forward to it

temple kitchen

information terminal (esp. smartphone, cellphone); digital assistant

facial features

lighting a stage using border lights only

ticket (e.g. for a traffic violation)

shin splints

hamstring

anterior cruciate ligament; ACL

egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

boot camp

female ghost; female apparition; female monster

single mistake which ruins all one's hard work; one blunder rendering a long period of effort useless; one fart in a hundred days of sermons

supreme wisdom; sage

Decapoda (the order of crustaceans including shrimp and crabs)

sagacity; wisdom; intelligence

knowing clearly

bulldog clip

gachuck; device for applying small, clip-style paper fasteners

diagonally opposite

laughingstock; object of ridicule

female principal; headmistress

instant glue (from brand name Aron Alpha); cyanoacrylate