Vocabulary

medium build

lunch; midday meal

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person

low frequency

Ptolemaic theory; geocentric model; geocentrism

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

copper line; copper wire

gong; tam-tam

local train; slow train

imperial palace

skipping rope; jump rope

southerly (wind); from the south

two dimensions

stealth

(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand

derivation

traitor (to one's country); quisling

semicircle; hemicycle; half globe

part-time farming

reflector

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

outline; summary; argument

resemblance; likeness; similitude

degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size

phototypesetting

the highest peak

practice writing with a brush

conception; fertilization; fertilisation

acquiring; obtaining; receiving

astringency; constriction; contraction

being placed on duty

all night

bromine (Br)

astringent persimmon

gunfire

strict crackdown on and elimination of misconduct; strict enforcement of discipline

careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal

first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck)

cannibalism; biting (someone)

edge of blade