Vocabulary

disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; being astonished; being frightened

same root; same origin

guidance

preferential tariff; preferential duty

fighting windmills; tilting at windmills

reading comprehension

inner wall

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)

double exposure

double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued

steady progress; rapid advance

lactic acid

mixing with; being mixed

excess of imports

appointment; employment

last meeting (of the year, term, etc.); year-end gathering (e.g. party)

spirit; drive; vigour; vigor

water's edge; beach; foreshore

horse-headed demon (in hell)

excretion

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar

ume grove; plum grove

confession

disposition; temperament; turn of mind; atmosphere; feeling

semi-finished goods

warp; curvature; bend; arch

overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge

dinner (esp. a formal one)

skin disease

manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer

slander; abuse

beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume

100 famous views

blanching; bleaching

mounting (of a picture); binding (of a book)

origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology