Vocabulary

lodged-bullet wound

profitable job; way to make a fast buck

for investment; to make money

good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal

lucrative position

ignorant; unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised

dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick

light green; yellowish-green

silent; mute; dumb

mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

to wander around

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

anguished; distressed; worried; discontented

kettle

bald head

night-deposit safe

quenching; hardening; tempering

photo reprint

Japan

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

calmly; peacefully; painlessly; comfortably

to rest; to relax

octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm); cutting into 8 parts

fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia

lamprey; lamprey eel

employee

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light

deep; dark

passing; (person) who happens to pass by

cradle

tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera); tuliptree; yellow poplar

teakettle; kettle

night owl; nighthawk; late bird

the ... after next; two ... later; two ... after

two days later; day after next; next day but one

reed screen

hooligan; layabout; good-for-nothing; gangster

to lean against; to recline on

therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason