Vocabulary

curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)

flowering; blooming; blossoming; coming into bloom

private clinician; physician in private practice

opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.); establishment

kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

memory; sense; experience

school term; semester

college graduate

student; follower; students and pupils

schoolchild; pupil

score; sheet music

means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

subsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in

complexion; skin tone; skin colour

calling at a port

vested rights

rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation

humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits

disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

starting point; origin

ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion

courtesy; etiquette; formality; protocol

legislative bill; measure

passenger boat

fuse; pilot light

lipstick

prosperous (economic) conditions; favourable conditions; (economic) boom; thriving business; brisk market

Guangzhou (China); Canton

constancy; permanence

rehabilitation; remaking one's life; starting life anew

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

mining industry

perfume; scent

your views; your opinion

elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

sign; signal; cue

success or failure; result