Vocabulary Browser

mobile phone number

to say time and time again

western edge

Holy Roman Empire (800-1806)

Judgment Day (as described in Christian tradition)

I regret that

inspection certificate

two sickles used in Okinawan Kobudo

marriage registration

boot camp for new recruits (conducted by Japan's Self-Defence Force)

wife who is older than her husband

Anton's syndrome

illegal residence (in a country)

factor proportions theory (of international trade)

revealed preference

inferior goods (i.e. goods for which demand decreases when consumer's income increases)

terms of trade

ability-to-pay principle (of taxation)

profit maximization

capital accumulation

Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)

Yokohama (city)

Hangul (Korean script)

dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried

rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus)

Ornithischia (order of herbacious dinosaurs with bird-like pelvic structures)

American badger (Taxidea taxus)

Newton's rings (interference pattern seen when a convex lens is placed on another surface)

price rigidity

factor of production