Vocabulary

wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee

wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault

special delivery mail; express delivery post

tobacco shop; tobacconist

Nagasaki University (abbr)

unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon

minced meat; ground meat

running errands; going on errands

On the Road (novel by Jack Kerouac)

unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; lack of uniformity

occurrence; taking place; happening

(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence

Christian era

demodulator

orthogonal; quadrature component

slum quarters

Davis Cup

Mithraism

medical and dental college

claimant; caretaker

guarantor; acceptor (e.g. promissory note); underwriter (e.g. stock issue)

implicit function

hidden; concealed; unknown; crypto-

steering committee

charming figure; alluring figure

interruption; interference; butting in

masque; mask

improved strain; improved breed

sliding; slipping

starvation diet; fasting cure; hunger cure; inanition treatment

mask of a devil; startling appearance; devil's face

left-handed baseball pitcher

left-handedness; being left-handed

sincerity and kindheartedness; honesty and simplicity

abandoning; giving up; quitting

admonishing (one's master) at the cost of one's life

careful consideration; thought

sitting upright (properly)

living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses