Vocabulary Browser

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water and sky

change of location (address, nursery school, institute, etc.)

for better or worse

to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)

damage to crops by vermin (esp. insects)

(legally) incorporated educational institution

time-limited strike

without prior notice

psychophysics

hard to replace (with other person)

visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day

proofroom

southern Japan (usu. referring to Kyushu and southwards)

unprecedented

mountain climbing fee

difficult to explain

spatiotemporal space

must-eat

eating into (esp. insects and larvae eating into fruit, etc.)

hanafuda

to throw one's chest out

going-out-of-business sale

old Japanese-style house

mirrored version of the kanji character "uma" (usu. depicted on a shogi piece; considered auspicious)

arrival of remitted funds

Siluridae (family of catfishes)

underground shopping arcade connected to a station

first torii gate of a shrine

culture of everyday life