Vocabulary

dracunculiasis; Guinea worm disease; Medina worm disease

Guinea worm disease; dracunculiasis

Guinea worm disease; dracunculiasis

ketol

hydroxy ketone; ketol

dark indigo (almost black)

to enter government service; to become an official; to don an official uniform; to remove commoners' clothing

books; volumes

to read volume by volume; to go on reading

official uniform; official dress

to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know

barrier; gate

seam; seal (e.g. envelope)

to leave government service; to resign from a public position; to untie the ribbon

eye

even number; even

rut; wheel track

wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir

facing upward

paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; paper maker

oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!

covetousness

box carried on one's back to store books

to leave one's hometown to study; to carry a case of books

local community newspaper

Chinese painting; painting with Chinese subject; Chinese-style painting

tsukuri-e; painting technique with initial lines painted over by opaque color and redrawn later

action; behavior; behaviour; move

recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing

container (esp. for food)

tooth

e-mail notice of rejection (for a job application)

geometric pattern

beauty

being alone; solitude; loneliness

company; group; class

pachinko parlor

politburo; political bureau (of a communist party)

stubborn; obstinate; hardheaded; recalcitrant

destruction by fire