Vocabulary Browser

spectral line

to lift (performers or props) onto the stage (from below)

callback function

Geryonidae (family of crabs)

single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children)

confluence (of rivers)

mobile payment charged to one's phone bill

connection to public sewerage

appearance of written words

iron face guard that covers the forehead and cheeks (used in the Heian and Kamakura periods)

inspiration porn (portrayal of people with disabilities as being inspirational to able-bodied people)

carious tooth

good advice is harsh to the ear

vocational school graduate

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of maintenance and groundskeeping)

outside Hokkaido

confluence (of rivers)

protagonist (in the first half of a play)

(vintage) item sold as-is

sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.)

correspondence delivery (via a private courier service)

punching an arcade cabinet (in frustration)

hiatus (from work; esp. in a creative field)

to be unmovable

going against the grain (woodworking)

sponge crab (Lauridromia dehaani)

Boston crab

day on which a nursery school requests the cooperation of parents to keep their children at home

playing with one's king in its original starting position

to follow loyally