Vocabulary

stay in hospital; hospital stay

museum; reference library; archive; record office

business integration; business merger; integration of management

school of commerce; faculty of commerce

improper; inappropriate; illegitimate; unacceptable; unfair

sumo wrestling using strength instead of technique

authentic work (as opposed to a fake)

new residential area; new residential development

mixed breed dog

leader; leading figure

to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand

way of thinking; thought pattern; thinking pattern

base layer; substratum; binder course

fundamental culture (concept proposed by German folklorist Hans Naumann); deep culture

culture of a higher order (as opposed to fundamental culture)

star anise (Illicium verum)

ell (unit of length, approx. 45 inches)

to expel (from the body); to excrete; to defecate; to give birth

to sneeze

to sneeze

Leucothoe grayana (species of ericaceous plant)

violent; rough

self-inflating

buoyancy vest (esp. one with many cargo pockets and used for fishing)

inflatable (in the sense of "needs to be inflated for normal use")

inflatable (in the sense of "can be inflated")

rice contaminated by an accident

negative film (as opposed to positive or reversal film); negative

slide film; positive or reversal film

color reproduction

vector construction

achievement; feat; distinguished service; meritorious deed

merit (esp. order of merit)

merit; success; meritorious deed

please sit down; please have a seat

word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation

oil barrel; oil cask

to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win

stretch mark

horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)