Vocabulary

trend of thought

instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching

time of death; one's final hour; one's end

life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

test tube

in a magazine

reason; cause; whys and wherefores; particulars

space-time; spacetime

announcement of time; time signal

confession

self-praise; praising oneself

room temperature

one's real father; natural father; biological father

borrower; debtor; tenant

to fall fast asleep

right under; directly below; right beneath

crowd; throng

humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue

to ask; to enquire; to inquire

common; usual

design; sketch

to blow away; to blow off; to blow up

India-ink painting; ink wash painting

cooking; kitchen work

genitals

orthodox school

kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage

unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer

lifelong education; continuing education; further education

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

refining; refinement; smelting

north-west

to become pale; to turn pale

silence; stillness; quietness

cut flowers

diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard

out of print

higher future quotations

the other day; some time ago; recently

some time ago; the other day