new discovery; new invention
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
8000; eight thousand; many
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
reproachful; hateful; bitter
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
return; relapse; recurrence
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
to palm off; to force a sale
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national