Vocabulary Browser

pontic

red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)

tips

kanji reading that has not been approved by the government (and is not to be taught in public schools)

it is no crime to steal flowers

Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey)

cooking over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning

changeable weather

inverted-type (e.g. shock-absorber)

research organization

ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. a whole day, including matinee and evening performances)

Spearman's rank correlation coefficient

upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play

dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game)

pung (or kong) of south tiles when south is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

summer solstitial point

cup of sake used to drink to the establishment of a partnership, commitment to marriage, etc.

government-controlled gambling sport (Japan)

after graduation

life force, blood, and colourless bodily fluids (three elements that constitute an organism according to traditional Chinese medicine)

poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate

traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven

photosensitization

Euler's formula

deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)

gravitational constant

tool for scrubbing wood to give it texture, traditionally made of dried grass bound together by hemp cord

showcasing examples (e.g. company products)

Let's Play (playthrough of a video game with player commentary)