Vocabulary Browser

tea ceremony

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)

earthquake

heat insulating material

local time

substitute character

to use someone's (argument, attack) against them

substitution

to build

second basement level

damn it

to move (something) to another location

seismology

blooming late

centralization of power

central committee

method of learning through repetition which involves multiplying and other calculations carried out on a 10-by-10 grid of numbers

combined vaccination for diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus

militia

marginal seal (special seal affixed into the margins of an official document to indicate that any later revisions to the document are valid)

reverse-imported vehicle (esp. high-displacement motorcycles meant for sale outside Japan)

number line (e.g. on a graph)

Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)

a man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake

clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)

parking lot

shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors)

ozeki-ranked wrestler in danger of losing his rank

lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)

to prevent