Vocabulary Browser

wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)

(crop) damage from disease and harmful insects

transfer of permanent domicile (as recorded in the family register)

disqualification

written description of one's thoughts

washing only the soiled part (of a garment)

main

condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper)

to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later)

Usnisavijaya

logic operation

joint labor union

overseas travel (to Western countries)

common property or characteristic

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

grater (esp. the variety used in Japanese cooking to grate foods very finely)

sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)

love affair

careful selection

Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori)

selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

port transport industry

full-time farmer

misappropriation of public funds

marriage in which the bride lives temporarily in her parents' home

native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

point along a (mountain) pass beyond which a horse cannot travel

anti-war movement

fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass

skipping school or work (without a good reason)