Vocabulary

shutting oneself up at home

closing of a gate

closing down a hospital, institution, temple, etc.; shutting down

closing (a place)

closing of a business; discontinuation

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

(liquid) nasal mucus; nasal discharge; pituita; snot

coati; coatimundi

all the more

Amitabha

impetuously; courageously; ardently; eagerly; impatiently

fervent spirit

stopgap measure; temporary expedient

spread; pervasion; permeation

paranoia

partial derivative; partial differentiation

entrance examination (for a transfer student)

lace-up boots

door made of interlaced reeds, bamboo, etc.

a chronicle

chronological order (form of historical writing); ordering chronologically

editor-in-chief

guard house

numbered tag; numbered ticket; number ticket

sentry; guard

sentry; guard

guardhouse

leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

programming; programing

savage land; barbaric region

Western books (esp. Dutch; in the Edo period)

foreign god

becoming firmly established; putting down strong roots

ship plank

wooden door

seam of joined boards

thick card made from several sheets of washi paper

boarding; board fence

sheet metal worker

shingle roof; house with a shingle roof