Vocabulary Browser

acute and serious

Lydian mode

a true gentleman is well-rounded

earthquake proofing

poor households have many children

to hold fast to one's ways

Japanese word constructed from Sino-Japanese elements

rear a tiger and court disaster

School of Diplomacy (school of thought during the Warring States period in China)

(overhead) luggage rack (on a train, bus, etc.)

exactly the same

temperature difference

perishable foods

housecall (doctor, nurse)

thousands die to make one hero

be moderate with your mouth

magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

decays per second

former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)

declaration of a state of emergency

child who has survived the suicide of a parent

using horizontal characters in vertical writing

cooperative buying

consultation hours

radio operator

adaxial

negotiating for permission to film (in a specific location)

unlucky day for starting construction of a house (which would result in a fire that spreads to three adjacent houses)

Volcanic Alert Level

insect rearing cage