Vocabulary

bone char; bone black; bone coal

phrenology

phrenologist

build; physique; appearance

skeletal muscle

bone meal; powdered bone

osteomalacia

height; pinnacle

antiquarianism

ceremony of transferring the cremated bones of a family member to an urn

skeleton; structure; build

joint (between bones)

periosteum

periostitis

box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept

bony tissue; bony substance

osteomyelitis

downhill; downhill race

carrying off by deception; kidnap

child born with teeth

tiger lily (Lilium lancifolium)

Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)

necrology; roster of the dead

tuber

period of ten days

selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

young, inexperienced doctor

changing the world; turning the tide

(money) recovery; claw-back

(turn of) fortune; fate; luck; chance

traveling throughout the country (travelling)

encyclical

return of spring

rejuvenating agent

shipping agent

recurrent fever

circulation

mosque

Islamic nation

Muslim