Vocabulary

roof boards; ceiling

back cover

lined (clothing, etc.); something lined

collateral goods

to be turned inside out

secret name; alias

hidden historical background

fleece lining

to ascertain a person's innermost feelings

informal crest

village; hamlet

taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

homesickness; nostalgia

one's wife's family; bride's family

isolation; separation

agony of separation

divorce suit; divorce proceedings

sleepwalking; somnambulism

refloating; getting off a reef; getting off the rocks

District Land Transport Bureau (i.e. motor traffic agency)

go by land

general; lieutenant general

tactical operations center; tactical operations centre

non-commissioned officer

enlisted man

army minister

continental shelf

hot water used for cleaning up

land breeze

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

rhythm

taking a lead in (doing); setting an example of (doing)

ends of the earth; outer reaches; borderland

whereabouts; present location

to walk about; to walk around

to join (a group)

to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going

to act; to behave

to evict; to eject