Vocabulary

capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper

hoarding; storing away (without using)

death certificate

number of deaths

spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul

family name; lineage; birth

charm for shrine visitors

shrine visitors' register

Leo (constellation); the Lion

shishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)

furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious

addressed to me; for me

as for me; I

punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism

private room

looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing

illegitimate birth

privately-made (esp. postcard, mailing card, etc.); commercially-made; non-government; unofficial

illicit love affair; liaison; fornication; adultery

at one's own expense

to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position

demesne; estate; private land; private property

private university

private detective

spinning wheel

canine tooth

sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; Vietnamese luffa; dishcloth gourd

telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

tubifex worm

one sheet of paper

(paper) stencil; stereotype; papier-mâché mold (mould)

paper width

paper package

paper pellet; spitball

purple clouds on which Amitabha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead

purple smoke; tobacco smoke

ultraviolet; UV

amethyst

shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa); perilla; beefsteak plant