Vocabulary Browser

operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion

Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty

being ready to drink sake by the keg

sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; March 26, 2010)

Korean person residing in Japan (esp. a North Korean national who came to Japan before 1945 or a descendant of such a person)

Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food

bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground

bodily injury caused by negligence in the conduct of business

neologism (invention of words that have meaning only to the person who uses them)

statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)

Law for the Promotion of Utilization of Recycled Resources

interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties

thousand-day walk through the mountains from Hieizan to the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto (ascetic practice of the Tendai sect)

warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed)

part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout

vertical evacuation (e.g. in a building during a tsunami)

woman who is not traditionally beautiful yet somehow very attractive

dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder)

children's self-reliance support facility

Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law

things cannot be larger than the things that contain them

he has not lived that lives not after death

note written on the reverse of the right side of an ancient document (memorandum or explanation of the contents)

fruits of a wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)

hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice)

to wait for a good opportunity

our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea

recovering the remains of soldiers (e.g. Japanese soldiers who died abroad during WWII)

France

Foreign Exchange and Foreign Control Trade Law