Vocabulary

folk music

folk dance; ethnic dance

social-contract theory

racial or national characteristics

ethnic music

popularization; popularisation

folklore

private capital

folk remedy

democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)

keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake

mimosa

sleeping sickness

brand new

buying mood

first shopping of the year; first purchase of the year

retort (to an insult, jeer, etc.)

buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking

buying price; cost price; purchase price

account purchase

stocking up (on); hoarding

stock (of goods); reserve; supply

outlet; market (for goods)

hack writer

auctioning off; selling off

hawker's or vendor's cry

fighting words; inflammatory words; provocative remark

sales; demand

articles for sale

Anti-Prostitution Act

short commitment (in the stock market)

living by selling off one's possessions

selling price

sales

selling

prostitution

credit sales

credit account; charge account

bill of sale

patent medicine; nonprescription drug