Vocabulary Browser

gold mine

modern Momotarō story version, where he is born inside a peach

straw belt wrapped around trees to protect against pests

brown colour (created by roasting or firing)

power loading

one's nose wrinkles (from a strong stench)

to disappear

to be led by

in stock

spicy food

pressure from an explosion

paleobotany

glass for serving Japanese shaved ice

wave (on the water's surface)

party history (political)

school inter-class ball-game competition

government soldier

to change one's way of thinking

drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)

assembly hall of a shrine (used for weddings, banquets, etc.)

regression to an earlier stage (e.g. infantile)

women's obi with a different colour on each side

population structure

private practice

area studies

quasi-nisei (Japanese-born person who moved abroad when young)

carrying poles (palanquin, portable shrine)

sand play therapy

love song

semi-sweet (wine)