Vocabulary Browser

landslide

before one knows it

intellectual power

Nagoya (city)

local time

for men

underground

geography

degree of familiarity

prefectural governor

decreasing land prices

children do not know how dear they are to their parents (and therefore act selfishly)

intermediate

field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)

middleman

fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants)

to be open (to traffic)

fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan)

first day of winter (approx. November 8)

small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar

another helping

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out)

to have a bad time

annual function

Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)

main

see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil

passing (along the way)

cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey