Vocabulary

operational

to have a long life; to live a long time

to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to release (fish) into the water; to set (fish) swimming

way of swimming

yellow; yellowish

distributor (of goods)

heat; warmth; sultriness

breaking bricks, etc.

temper pattern of a sword blade

pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to

eating well; (having a) good appetite

first offender; first-time offender

wood wasp

precipitation resulting from thick fog condensing on leaves in a forest

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why

all sorts of things; (anything and) everything

how many people

what grade (in school)

household furnishings

house hunting

to sing energetically; to sing with abandon

to release

cliff edge; edge of a precipice

vulnerable road users (such as the elderly, mobility-impaired people and young children)

to speak from memory

to recite from memory

to sing from memory

to learn by heart (rote); to memorize; to memorise

foreign capital group; foreign company

sociolinguistics

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

Ocypode stimpsoni (species of ghost crab, sand crab or white crab)

coconut crab (Birgus latro)

stone crab

snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab

snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab

blue king crab

Japanese mitten crab (Eriocheir japonica)

Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)

Heike crab