Vocabulary

-proof; -resistant

United States and Russia; US-Russian; Russian-American; Russo-American

caprese salad

blossom-end rot

factory settings; default settings

minoban (paper size; 273x394mm)

optogenetics

female office worker

intelligent person; intellectual

century of humiliation (in Chinese history)

swelling; enlargement

full acceptance of workers' pay demands

trendy drama; genre of Japanese television drama made in 80s and 90s that focuses on contemporary, real-life issues

personal rapid transit; PRT

insect damage (to crops, clothing, etc.)

this city

activist shareholder; outspoken shareholder

chikenshi; type of grey cardboard made from recycled paper

pseudouridine

Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao

commercial publishing

graft survival; survival of a transplant; engraftment

space race

dense forest; thick forest

planetary alignment; syzygy

pseudo-

title deed; land certificate; muniments

Shine Muscat (grape variety)

doing as one pleases; having one's own way

Eligibility Certificate for Ceiling-Amount Application

reimbursement system for high-cost medical care

mobile sales (e.g. food trucks); mobile catering; route sales

whereabouts

cold energy power generation (e.g. from LNG)

starting point; starting line

sleepwalking; somnambulism

human-to-human transmission (of a disease)

uneasy; ill at ease; upset; agitated; perturbed

to bring to light; to expose (to the world)

young carer (child who cares for a family member with a disability, illness, etc.)