Vocabulary Browser

character class (e.g. distinct kanji character and its alternative written forms)

to write down

leaving open

algebraic geometry

rand (currency of South Africa)

risk asset

street racer

reduction (of a fraction to its lowest terms)

matter (thing, concept) of high (vital, extreme) importance

to fight each other

or something

Kokin Wakashū (Heian-period collection of poetry)

to get the short end of the stick

stress-related disease

to have more losses than wins

primitive element (of a finite field)

abducens nerve

graded

Toyama (city, prefecture)

foregrounding

Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

convenience

Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

Saikaidō (name for the Kyūshū region under the ritsuryō system)

Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)

colored wood-free paper (coloured)

solid printing

modern Japanese

type of works