Vocabulary

the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; the true charm

excellence; superiority; preeminence; prevalence

daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted

removing one's hat

single colour (color); monochrome

searching; hunting for news story; journalist

disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing

stilts (for walking)

storage battery

dark reddish-brown; liver color

Chinese Communist Party; Chinese Communists

about the middle (of an era)

loyalty and filial piety

sake cup

morning glow; sunrise colors; sunrise colours

stethoscope

permanence; perpetuity

lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)

going straight on; going straight ahead

literal translation; direct translation

to sink; to go under; to submerge

low blood pressure

stopping a ship; detention; quarantine

becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice

drop (e.g. of water); drip

decorative curtain hung from the ceiling

fantasy fiction; bizarre fiction

electromagnet

electronic transmission (of data)

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

intermission (between acts); interlude

erasure; obliteration

secret meeting; clandestine meeting

popular sentiment

useless; futile; vain

unreasonable demand

husband; groom

famous (musical) recording; famous record; excellent record

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious