Vocabulary

to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth

to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes

to win one's first battle (game, match)

concubine of an emperor; female court attendant who serves in the emperor's bedchamber

female court attendant; court lady

to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with someone's suggestion; to be talked into doing

edible part

pro-Chinese

good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green

Cree (aboriginal nation)

louver slat; louvre slat

fixed window; window that doesn't open

(one) before last; two before; two in front (e.g. rows)

scavenger

preservative

anti-corrosive (agent); anti-rust; corrosion inhibitor

as; because; with; due to

industrial product

metallogeny; ore genesis

mining rights; mining concession; mineral rights

tattooing the forehead of a criminal (Edo-period punishment)

night lighting; nighttime illumination

to roll up one's sleeves and get to work; to buckle down

to try to appear smart; to pretend to be intelligent

patchim; batchim; final consonant (or consonant cluster) of a Korean syllable

by force of circumstance; in the circumstances; given the circumstances

father and daughter

treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them); handling with kid gloves; treating gingerly

kneeling

oligosaccharide

jamesonite; feather ore

kawazulite

horomanite

kanoite

samaniite

sugakiite

teineite

toyohaite

watanabeite

native ruthenium