Vocabulary

plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery; cosmetic surgery

negotiations; bargaining

factoring in; including

fleshiness

resumption of dividends

police identification card

on the snow

leader of a troupe

where the wind blows

hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left

guidance; admonition

cryptomeria forest

stereotype; preconceived idea; preconceived notion

administrative scrivener; notary public; paralegal qualified to prepare legal documents on administrative matters, e.g. immigration

lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume

abstraction

east-southeast; ESE

organic fertilizer; organic fertiliser

Cape of Good Hope

suction; sucking

armlock throw; forearm throw

corner of one's eye

waking; waking up; awakening

midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

(dead) body; corpse

resignation; giving up the game for lost

mandate

to find; to discover; to come across; to spot; to catch (someone doing)

employer

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

we; us

tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music

to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint

speaking voice; talking voice

feudal; feudalistic

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; I feel guilty

to digest

writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting

reduction; diminishment; contraction

enticement; inducement; attraction