Vocabulary Browser

Zipf's law

marriage in which neither person takes the other's surname

naval militia

notice of absence

animal trade (esp. pets)

scheduled cash earnings

(Japanese) children living overseas

to ask elsewhere

block of multiple characters arranged in a space equivalent to that of a single character

positive growth

dreamworld

main city (of a district, province, etc.)

scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu

Great Pacific garbage patch

to make out a check (cheque)

working kilometre (unit used for calculating rail fares)

double happiness (Chinese ornamental symbol)

to have one's ability acknowledged by others

suicidal tendency

both languages

to be highly seasoned with wasabi

cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.)

heat treatment

diurnal variation (temperature, etc.)

fusuma paper

impact investing

salinization

to draw the line

prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto)

becoming dull (of a knife, one's wits, etc.)