Vocabulary Browser

dying in a fit of anger or indignation

smuggling oneself into a country

handing over (of a right, property, etc.)

blind acceptance

New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction

untrodden peak

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades)

getting slightly intoxicated and humming a tune

main road

failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)

simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses)

(not even) for a moment

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

execute by shooting to death (by firing squad)

physical examination (given at conscription)

spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

point-blank range

albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)

going on one's own or one's own way

gibbon (any small, long-armed ape of family Hylobatidae)

proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)

referral to a committee

hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara

artless but attractive in a quaint sense

documentary examination

Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)

votive lantern in a shrine or temple

(female) private nurse

decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year