Vocabulary

autumn period; autumn term (e.g. school); fall period; fall term

autumn sowing; fall sowing

autumn frost; fall frost

harshness; severity

worried look

sorrowfully

lamentation; sorrow; grief

tragic scene (moving one to tears); heartrending scene; pathetic scene

(short-term) leave allowed a servant

hotel or lodging house tout

long-standing ambition; one's heart's desire

fatalism

fatalist

night duty room

lodger; boarder; paying guest

lodgings; quarters

accommodation charge; room rate

old grudge; old score

fate predetermined from a prior existence

hotel charges

hotel register

old evils; evils committed in a previous existence

change of lodgings

chronic disease; chronic illness

fate; destiny

karma (from one's previous life)

longstanding opinion; old grudge

accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges

longstanding abuse; deep-rooted evil

curly hair; kinky hair; frizzy hair

reduced copy; reproduction in miniature

cotton crepe; preshrunk cloth

splendid haiku; well-turned phrase

splendid poem

beer belly

drinking money

alcoholic poisoning

sake cup; wine cup

drinker

drinker; drinking companions