Vocabulary

highwayman

fierce; daring; savage; intrepid

break; tear; pierce; split; burst

to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst

cleavage (in gems)

beginning; outset; opening; start

strong and nimble

formidable foe

strong and fierce

complete annihilation

Hungary

Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)

creeping; crawling; sneaking

ringworm; serpigo

swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion

(fighting) in a confused mass; (falling) in swirls; (falling) in whirls

privy; toilet

clamminess; coldness of body

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna; manjusaka

currying favour (favor); brown-nosing; bootlicking; sucking pus from carbuncles and licking hemorrhoids (haemorrhoids)

miser; cheapskate; skinflint

to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)

to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to complain; to pick holes (in)

stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner

blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)

offender; criminal

moan; groan; groaning

to moan; to groan

professional comic (rakugo) storyteller

moment; instant

roar; howl; yell; bellow

loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter

(laugh) broadly; (laugh) loudly

very short distance

mammal

baby bottle; nursing bottle; feeding bottle

to slurp; to sip (loudly)

caustic words; defiant words

groan; moan

hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)