human-interest article; city news; local news; police news
introductory article; advertisement
large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
beginning; start; first moxa treatment
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
5th day of the month; five days
Children's Day (national holiday; May 5)
to claim victims; to leave casualties
morning edition (of a daily newspaper); morning paper
that is to say; so that means
inexcusable; unthinkable; unacceptable; utterly unexpected; totally unforeseen
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
fox with supernatural powers; fox spirit
to raise one's voice; to shout
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
sundry; various; assorted
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
the ten precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
although; though; despite the fact that ...
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
material for experiments; experimental material
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
summary; digest; outline; abstract
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving