Vocabulary

doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.)

display shelf (in a store)

joint affidavit

embezzler

old magazines

antique clock; old clock

coming-of-age ceremony for middle school students

mei long (dinosaur discovered in China)

surrounding area; vicinity

older brother; elder brother

waterfall

waterway; channel

preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence

space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)

space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)

softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)

sopping; soaking

bhava (becoming, existence)

re-coating (e.g. repainting, respraying, etc.)

sobbing

swap; exchange

hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)

horses owned; horse owned

homeschooling; home-schooling

battlefield

Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)

(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal

asteroid belt

allegiance; loyalty; devotion; faithfulness

Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki

apartment house

silkworm (in the first or second instar)

Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)

Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)

your (esteemed) opinion

establishing and refuting (a doctrine)

cochineal

carmine

(death by) electrocution

cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus)