Vocabulary

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

long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)

lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person

bad debt; irrecoverable debt

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

(measuring) ruler

to take along; to hold in the hand

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

wise man; philosopher; sage

scoring; earning points

conduction (of heat or electricity); transmission (of light or sound)

transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

electric charge; charge

to vomit; to spit out

native; aboriginal

to throw into; to dump in together

imprisonment; incarceration

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

stretcher; litter; gurney

mineral exploration

restoration; revival; resurgence