Vocabulary Browser

acquisition of foreign currency

dispersing

otitis externa

leisurely, post-meal use of a toothpick

workmen's chant while pulling a heavy load

an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north

shout

employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)

embossed gilt lacquerwork

beach flea (any amphipod of family Talitridae)

Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)

highbrow

piercing bullet wound

Great Kanto earthquake (1923)

meditation facing a wall

rehabilitation facilities

large paper lantern on a pole

man of noble character

multilayered

railing

exquisite beauty or charms

Japanese green gentian (Swertia japonica)

stroke-count index

geisha call-office

weather strip

painting or drawing technique

overly concerned with domestic affairs

double-dealing

steel plate

public prosecutor's appeal