Vocabulary

disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; being astonished; being frightened

same root; same origin

guidance

hard to get; hard to come by

preferential tariff; preferential duty

fighting windmills; tilting at windmills

reading comprehension

to thrust down; to push off

inner wall

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)

double exposure

two-color; two-colour; dichromatic

double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued

steady progress; rapid advance

lactic acid

mixing with; being mixed

excess of imports

appointment; employment

to burn out

to be sticky; to be adhesive

seductive; carnal; enchanting

last meeting (of the year, term, etc.); year-end gathering (e.g. party)

spirit; drive; vigour; vigor

water's edge; beach; foreshore

unheard-of; unprecedented

horse-headed demon (in hell)

excretion

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar

ume grove; plum grove

to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase

confession

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

disposition; temperament; turn of mind; atmosphere; feeling

semi-finished goods

warp; curvature; bend; arch

overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge

dinner (esp. a formal one)