funny story; funny anecdote
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
conduit (pipe); water pipe
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
surely; certainly; without doubt
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
bizarre murder; grotesque murder
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
piece of meat; cut of meat
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
horizon (related to bodies of water)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
detour; circumvention; turning movement
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack