Vocabulary Browser

International Cloud Atlas

ice giant (Uranus, Neptune)

to set foot into

surprise tactics

Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)

to score points with (a person)

load-bearing wall

modified Newtonian dynamics

to beg forgiveness

violation of rights

double blind test

hold music

to burn to a crisp

sufficient statistic

presidential decree

Japanese butterbur (Petasites japonicus subsp. giganteus)

creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)

vocational aid center (centre)

to do one's best

showy

drug discovery

witchcraft user

Izanagi

event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)

manipulation of information

student hostel partly managed by the residents

chained library

alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)

Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth (flag of the Republic of China)

East Asia Friendship Enterprises Association (largely ethnic-Korean yakuza group based in Tokyo)