Vocabulary

original (text)

form (printing); forme; typesetting plate; original plate

declaration; statement; assertion

paste; glue

to talk together

words and phrases; words

(inflectional) ending of a word

thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy

imperial throne

to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate

plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.); to fall hard; to fall heavily; to pour down

high priest; highly ranked priest

adding up; totalling; totaling

state-sponsored; national

sandy soil; sandy place

(by) one's side; place close to one's person; place within arm's reach

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

grip (of hand); grip strength

death by crushing; being crushed to death

comfort; ease

secret feud

apricot grove

in accordance with one's request

greatness; excellence; magnificence

exchange control

posthumous manuscripts

content-free chat; idle gossip; watercooler talk

one; 1

amusement; fun; brief entertainment

one previous

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to pull near (to)

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

cloistered rule; government by cloistered emperors

leaning to the right

whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; eddy; swirl

to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out

itinerant priest; wandering monk; mendicant

forest service field office