slight wound; minor wound
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare
crude; inferior grade; sly; clever; disgusting; repulsive
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
beginning of the world; creation
consequence; result; conclusion
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
tedious; lengthy; wordy; long-winded
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
A Dark Night's Passing (novel by Shiga Naoya)
garden lantern; hanging lantern
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
secret; hidden; unseen; inward
along the road; along the way
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
lofty; soaring; towering; precipitous; high and steep; sharply sticking out
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
to anger; to displease; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to make stern (e.g. eyes); to raise (one's voice) in anger
(arch.) countenance; (arch.) visage; face; honor (honour); dignity
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
pieces; scraps; disconnected
listening attentively; auricle (of the atrium)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple