Vocabulary

honest; incorruptible; integrity

going into a huddle

divorce

riding fast; driving a horse fast

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

Yangtze River (China); Changjiang River

midair stunt; aerial stunts

decomposition; ulceration

small consideration (remuneration, token of gratitude)

banter; teasing; chaffing; raillery; josh

eighth month of the lunar calendar

gong; handbell

suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)

season; time of the year

farming on one's own land; independent farmer; landed farmer; owner farmer

biological older sister; real elder sister

wall newspaper; wall poster

the entire strength; all hands; all the members

singing enthusiastically

studying abroad; travelling to study; traveling to study

wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

gatepost; pier

sticky; gummy; gooey; gluey; glutinous

great help

prison; jail; gaol

passion for gambling; fondness for speculation; speculative spirit

extinction; annihilation; destruction

celebration; auspicious occasion

headgear; headdress

experiences

deciduous tree

blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)

boiled fish-paste products

connector; coupler

barn; stable

state ceremony

smacking one's lips (over food)

(head) priest; head priest of the Ise Shrine

the past

aviator; flying ace; birdman