Vocabulary Browser

Japanese reading of a kanji (esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

Trillium smallii (species of trillium)

to grow wild

hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)

production, sales and inventory

third string (of a shamisen, etc.)

Gaussian curve

Esshū (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)

to darken one's face

to boil water

central government ministries and agencies

the four northern islands (held by Russia)

welcome (new year, new spring, etc.)

buying the services of a prostitute

coolness of autumn

graduate-school graduate

teleosts

Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)

sleeveless ceremonial robe for samurai (replacing the Muromachi-period suō)

geological structure

inubō karuta (type of iroha karuta originating in Edo)

toothed top shell (Monodonta labio)

Bouin fixation

postal service privatization

public bath located in a city or town

to raise a girl is costlier than one would expect (like how a small bag can hold more than it seems)

side boob (side of a woman's breast exposed by clothing)

downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

engraver

prick test