Vocabulary Browser

The British Academy

British and Foreign Bible Society

growing thick

Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)

cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites)

maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)

great men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures

tea ceremony and flower arranging

goods loaded in the afternoon for delivery the following morning

hero worship

Eijiro (digital English-Japanese dictionary)

heroic legendary tale

English poetry

English Language Proficiency Test

grass used for thatching

thatched cottage

English proficiency test (esp. the STEP test)

to support (someone) financially

body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward)

broccolini

shelf on which tea and tea implements are kept

Japanese accentor (Prunella rubida)

tip of a stem (of a plant)

tea extract

madder red

thatched cottage

stems and leaves

to evade (questions)

to have a reason

to retake (a photograph)