Vocabulary

winning ticket; lucky number

prizewinner

courageous but doomed resistance

(crime of) inflicting bodily injury

shoji paper

abattoir; slaughterhouse

abattoir; slaughterhouse

spiced sake (served at New Year's)

spices used in toso (spiced sake)

flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru

phosphonic acid (H3PO3); phosphorous acid

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment

genius for evil

root of evil; bad cause

karmic retribution

picaresque novel

satanism; devil worship

gifted education; special education for gifted children

English Channel

English-language newspaper

great ruler

English law; British law

British currency; pound sterling

heroism

hero worship

departed spirit

wise and great

earnestly

break; split

folding ruler

folding door

folding book; folded sections of a book

acrostic poetry; acrostic

well-mannered; courteous; polite

eclecticism

bent nail; crooked nail

guaranteed; authentic; certified

food packed in a wooden box

briefcase; portfolio

kneeling