Vocabulary Browser

general secretary (of a communist party, esp. the leader of China or North Korea)

First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)

member of an organized crime group

corporate embezzlement

comeback (e.g. in business)

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord)

to carry to extremes

person missing at least one hand

roast giblets

forbidden fruit

art lover

slow to act

good conductor (of heat, etc.)

allied forces

rotation of crops

to become verminous

standing statue

polish

grain of boiled rice

glossy black hair (of a young woman)

fall of a castle

to be unequal to the burden (job)

chilled dessert

plate-spinning trick

snowflake (cluster of ice crystals)

mental image

close-up photography

overconcentration (esp. of population, cultural and political institutions, etc. in Tokyo)

part-time lecturer

suspension