Vocabulary

law; rule; regulation; provision; decision; appointment

Republic of Korea; South Korea

stage setting

drift net

pulled or torn muscle

alliance and rupture; meeting and parting

land

large front gate

rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation

platform; stage; upper seat; pulpit

magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion

real life; actual life; everyday life

recovery; undoing; recall

palm (of one's hand)

liquor trade

beginning; inauguration

closing of a school; closed school

bishop (Catholic)

starting (a machine, engine, etc.)

older sister; elder sister

directions; instructions; orders; command

private funds; own funds; private property

private property; personal belongings; personal effects

senses of seeing and hearing; audiovisual

wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token

one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother

shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute

mild earthquake

main wings (of an aeroplane, airplane)

fingers; fingertips

awarding a prize; giving an award

suzerain state

cram school student; student of a private-tutoring school

pure love

helper; supporter; second; backer

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper

craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter

pebble; small stone

reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off