Vocabulary Browser

Chagu Chagu Horse Festival (of Iwate Prefecture)

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

implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

the Gospel according to Mark (book of the Bible)

absorbability

vicarious experience

high quality tatami covering made with soft rush from Hiroshima Prefecture

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

parking lot

middle period

twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

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

Helicia cochinchinensis (species of flowering plant)

all varieties of flowers

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

Nanking Incident (targeting of Nanking's foreign properties and residents by Kuomintang troops in March, 1927)

medium build

to pick out (with the fingers)

latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)

number of words a person speaks

yellowtail amberjack (species of fish, Seriola lalandi)

battle of words

to add (one thing to another)

all but dead

break (from work, etc.)

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

to prevent

eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)