Vocabulary

selling by the piece

fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment

tale; narrative

payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment

once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

to be dyed

last century; previous century

full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details

coarse; crude; inferior

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be advanced

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; counterbalancing

funeral procession

encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

hateful; detestable; abominable; vexing; provoking

instant death

addition

coating; covering

powerless; weak; lacking physical strength

trough; gutter; water pipe; flume; chute

feeble; faint; weak

rhinitis; coryza; nasal inflammation

sign out in front; front (for someone)

pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal

poor people; the poor

win by default; walkover

lack of unity; inconsistency; disharmony

unwritten law; common law

discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict

(another's) husband

axe; ax; hatchet

to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose

cover; mantle; shroud; hood

Buddhist studies; Buddhology

fury; flying into a rage; outrage

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to understand

hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; everyday