Vocabulary

great shame (endured in the public eye); deep embarrassment; profound humiliation; utter disgrace

Izu thrush (Turdus celaenops); Izu Islands thrush

public telephone (orig. red); payphone

red heat

extreme poverty

red turnip

red cap

ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)

great scholar; profound scholar

(Confucian) scholar

scraps; cut end; cut-off piece

striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.

steep bank; cliff

last piece in a kabuki programme

scraps; chips

cutting and patching; splicing

low gate; side gate

stiff formality; set terms

stump

crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

run-of-the-mine coal

facet; facetted object

cuttings; lop; spray; set; slip

fighting to the death (with swords)

kirigami; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami); cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap

violent robbery or burglary; killing and robbing (someone)

line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line

cutter; certificate

coal face; working face

hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone

hole cut in a wall, panelling, etc. to let light in

time to switch over

cut-up charcoal

scraps; cut end; cut-off piece

short split entrance curtain

brokerage; exchange commission

brad; double-pointed nail

patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door)

prostitution

cut hair