Vocabulary

sleigh; sled; sledge

potter's wheel

separation from the world

hit-and-run (causing personal injury)

death by being run over

false; punish; crime; law; ruler

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear

shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact

chance meeting

pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)

interception; counter-attack

vain dream of wealth and splendour

bedroom thief

drunkenness; intoxication

main fermenting mash (in production of sake or soy sauce); unrefined sake or soy sauce

forceps

square brackets; Japanese-style quotation marks

plane (woodworking tool)

wood shavings

lance; harpoon

scissors; shears; clippers

(acupuncture) needle

acupuncture

acupuncture

large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal)

massacre; extermination

file; rasp

boring machine; punching machine; perforator

chisel

well drilling

rock drill; pneumatic drill; jackhammer

accomplished lady; talented woman; eminent woman

clan

Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma

eunuch

intrusion; forced entry

defile; narrow path

meteor; falling star

tunnel

sunstroke; heatstroke