Vocabulary

casting; founding; minting

polite; courteous; hospitable

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

to project; to overhang; to stick out; to jut out; to overlie

passing; overtaking

ventilation; airflow

propriety; fitness; aptitude

ignition; lighting; firing; setting off

hearsay; rumor; rumour; report

electronics; electronic engineering

erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion

incomplete; unfinished

inexperienced

logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; context

ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea

district welfare officer

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

random; unintentional; unintended

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incapacity

to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

camouflage; disguise

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)

(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit

table of contents; contents

yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)

wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature

agreement; stipulation; article; clause

merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures

to shake; to waver; to tremble

Western confectionery

dose

example; illustration

sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising

adoption (of a person)

ceremony to celebrate the completion of a building; inauguration ceremony

white of an egg; albumen

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out