Vocabulary

sports center; sports centre

winning every match; victory in every battle

permanent ban (of an online account); permaban

gift; present; souvenir

to swear to God; to call on heaven as a witness; to cross one's heart

comb-shaped; pectiniform

to step (firmly); to stand (firmly)

grandmother

oriented polypropylene; OPP

OPP bag (clear, non-stretch plastic baggie for packaging goods)

second son

sorry

crazing (in ceramic glaze); crackle

craniotomy

craniotomy

friend request (on social media)

friend request (on social media)

battle of the brains; battle of wits; psychological battle

trepanation; trephination; trepanning; trephining

squad (in rugby)

sand piranha (Excirolana chiltoni)

pressure resistance; barotolerance

Norway spruce (Picea abies)

ingredient (of a crude drug)

atractylodes rhizome (used in herbal medicine)

lily (as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine)

Indian costus (Dolomiaea costus)

loquat leaf (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

to catch and eat; to bite (and kill)

I; me

good-natured; congenial; having a nice personality

to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head

tropical cyclone

extratropical cyclone

MAD; mutual assured destruction

onigiri lightly seasoned with salt

tens of thousands of years; eternity

euphoria

modern monetary theory; modern money theory; MMT

to adhere firmly to one's principles