Vocabulary

becoming well-known; becoming common knowledge

buttocks

punishment (of an enemy); chastisement

belly-button lint; navel fluff

umbilical cord

lower abdomen

pit of the stomach

perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person

secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away

secret savings

dark-red pigment; rouge

to shoulder (palanquin)

to carry in

parents-in-law

to lick one's lips

to lick

lighter; barge; baggage boat

hatch; hatchway (ship)

outfitting (of a ship); rigging; (ship's) outfit; fittings; equipment

warship

stern

hardship; suffering; privation; adversity

hardships; privations; difficulties

trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties

Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)

vast; limitless; boundless

cutting away

boiled octopus

stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded

litchi (Nephelium litchi); lychee; lichee; litchi nut

matting

pod (e.g. a pea pod); shell; hull

snow pea; mangetout

Dakini (fairy-goddess)

lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity

pungent vegetables (e.g. garlic or Chinese chives) and alcohol; leeks and liquors

black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)

konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue

oxalic acid

castor oil plant