Vocabulary

lipid

way; method; means; resource; course

geothermal energy; terrestrial heat

normal state (condition)

setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); leaving home

raw cotton; cotton wool

assault; violent attack

strong defense; strong defence

small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop

woodblock (engraved block of wood used to make prints)

setting sun

cook; chef

dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering off

fortune; property

lane; alley

main temple structure (sanctuary, hall)

dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed

prince of royal blood; Imperial prince

interval; break; pause; intermission

death and injury; being killed or injured

range of one's work; one's area of responsibility; range of one's duties

propriety; right or wrong; justice

morals; morality; sincerity

medical efficacy; effect of a medicine

land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming

small number of people

Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang)

child of mixed parentage; mixed-race child

sepsis; septicemia; blood poisoning

report card

grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

the senses

slack; looseness; play

main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence

pigment

period; time

return journey; one's way home; one's way back

gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body

valuable article; valuables