Vocabulary

Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)

Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia)

cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Schlegel's green tree frog (Rhacophorus schlegelii)

forest green tree frog (Rhacophorus arboreus)

dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus)

freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius)

goatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)

dark sleeper (species of sleeper goby, Odontobutis obscura)

securing financial resources

Lutheran Church

Lutheranism

Lutheran Church

shamelessly; brazenly

fly swatter; flyswatter; fly swat

earthenware vessel for alcoholic beverages, etc.

vessel made of clay

fired earthenware vessel used by the emperor to clean his hands

to make known

elderly woman

elderly woman

diary shared between friends (who take turns writing entries); exchange diary

aspiration; self aim; personal goal

baseball cap

baseball team

bright yellow (the color of amur corktree bark)

ichthyornis (extinct Cretaceous-period seabird)

fishes and birds

chili pepper

corn; maize

foreign ship (originally only of Dutch ships, but later referring to all foreign ships)

one's habitual behaviour (behavior)

continuity; continuance

pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple

to the end

clinical

penguin

class action lawsuit; class action

Pietism

Northern Di people (Zhou dynasty term for non-ethnic Chinese to the north); northern barbarians