Vocabulary Browser

Ritsu (school of Buddhism)

xenophobia

Turner's syndrome

hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)

distantly related

folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)

mother nucleus

fundamental tone in the traditional Japanese 12-tone scale (approx. D)

Huntington's chorea

hypothesis testing

blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace)

transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)

Zhou shaku (approx. 20 cm)

to think of as the main point

Paris syndrome (psychological problems associated with visiting or living in Paris)

ōshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

sick building syndrome

(in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G)

second note of the ancient Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D sharp)

Act on Special Measures concerning Conservation of Lake Water Quality

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)

Basic Act for Gender Equal Society

(in China) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp)

Asuka Kiyomihara Code (689 CE)

spinneret (of a spider)

tardigrade (any animal of phylum Tardigrada)

compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyōhō shaku and the Matashirō shaku; approx. 30.3 cm)

Chrysanthemum Festival (one of the five annual festivals; celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month)

first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)