Vocabulary

joint signatures

the (above-mentioned) authorities; police (from said station)

property damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents)

blue tarpaulin; blue plastic waterproof sheeting

blogger; blog writer

to be flustered; to be confused

to flub (one's lines)

to bungle; to make things awkward

patient and relatives

perfectly fitting phrase

futsal (form of 5-a-side soccer)

clipboard

to set someone to work in an arrogant fashion; to push someone around

to be embarrassed; to lose face

placenta accreta

gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

solid wood (as opposed to veneer); natural wood

card to be read (e.g. in hyakunin isshu karuta, iroha karuta)

kick the can (children's game)

honorific mountain name prefixed to a temple's name

entering a temple; visiting a temple

the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect

images drawn or painted on fusuma

creating a garden; landscape gardening

moss garden

monk's self-chosen pseudonym

Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism

with a thud

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge

with a swoosh; at one fell swoop

yeah, yeah; whatever; sure

blond hair

silence; stillness; without sound

secondhand smoke; sidestream smoke

passive smoking; secondhand smoke

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one

(the art of) physiognomy

unwounded skin

victim (of a crime, esp. murder)