Vocabulary

trawl (net)

ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony

divine tree or island east of China; Fusang

trace; vestige; evidence

established by a village; village (school, library, etc.)

patent

sand; fine sand

hidden assets

same amount

wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands

one's own profits; one's own pockets

share (of expenses); equity (in company); holdings; interest (in company)

congratulations

increase in the number of flights

women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono

fixed point

necrosis

hotel catering for lovers; hotel that rents rooms by the hour

inspection (of troops)

genius; prodigy

continued fall (in market price)

(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

to hang (hold) back; to hold off; to refrain; to reduce or cut back on

collective bargaining

amniotic fluid

aqueous solution

ticket machine; ticket-vending machine

origin; source; beginning; starting point

being open but having virtually no business

Sunday edition of a newspaper

smuggling in; importing through illegal channels

water polo

the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)

working (in, at, for); holding a post (at); serving (as)

destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

tenant farming

short article; short essay

executive committee; executive organ

devoted; self-sacrificing

appearance; emergence