Vocabulary

trap (for catching animals); snare

snail

sophistry; sophism

rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises

private opinion; personal view; personal opinion

old temple

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

first childbirth

nipple; teat

repentance; confession; penitence

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double

flowering season

mosquito net

dancing or jumping for joy

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong

in person; personally; directly

happy; cheerful; pleasant

to push away; to thrust aside

teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to grow out / extend

cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

to draw (the winning ticket)

veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced

oil refining

porcelain manufacturing

closing (a market or trading session)

Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression

buying when the market is down

inner tracks or lanes; going around an inner circle; indoors

Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)

effect of a drug

intelligence quotient; IQ

snowscape

crescent shape

menopausal disorders

avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha)

(ship's) launching