banti's disease | (n) a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen; accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis, Syn. Banti's syndrome |
bernoulli's law | (n) (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics, Syn. law of large numbers |
fanconi's anemia | (n) a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow, Syn. Fanconi's anaemia, congenital pancytopenia |
golgi's cell | (n) a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter, Syn. Golgi cell |
kaposi's sarcoma | (n) a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS |
levi's | (n) a popular brand of jeans, Syn. levis |
przewalski's horse | (n) wild horse of central Asia that resembles an ass; now endangered, Syn. Przevalski's horse, Equus caballus przewalskii, Equus caballus przevalskii |
eczema vaccinatum | (n) a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles, Syn. Kaposi's varicelliform eruption |
sertoli cell | (n) elongated cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testis; apparently they nourish the spermatids, Syn. Sertoli's cell |
三国演义 | [Sān guó yǎn yì, ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄧˋ, 三 国 演 义 / 三 國 演 義] Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature; a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao #21,589 [Add to Longdo] |
溥仪 | [Pǔ yí, ㄆㄨˇ ㄧˊ, 溥 仪 / 溥 儀] Pu Yi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor #32,391 [Add to Longdo] |
蜀汉 | [Shǔ Hàn, ㄕㄨˇ ㄏㄢˋ, 蜀 汉 / 蜀 漢] Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han #57,820 [Add to Longdo] |
百战不殆 | [bǎi zhàn bù dài, ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄞˋ, 百 战 不 殆 / 百 戰 不 殆] to come unscathed through a hundred battles (成语 saw, from Sunzi's Art of War). #64,843 [Add to Longdo] |
每逢佳节倍思亲 | [měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn, ㄇㄟˇ ㄈㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄙ ㄑㄧㄣ, 每 逢 佳 节 倍 思 亲 / 每 逢 佳 節 倍 思 親] doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (Tang poet Wang Wei's 王維|王维 remembering his brother) #71,185 [Add to Longdo] |
知彼知己 | [zhī bǐ zhī jǐ, ㄓ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ, 知 彼 知 己] to know the enemy and know oneself (成语 saw, from Sunzi's Art of War) #127,341 [Add to Longdo] |
赫图阿拉 | [Hè tú ā lā, ㄏㄜˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄚ ㄌㄚ, 赫 图 阿 拉 / 赫 圖 阿 拉] Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu #133,222 [Add to Longdo] |
九月九日忆山东兄弟 | [jiǔ yuè jiǔ rì yì Shān dōng xiōng dì, ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄖˋ ㄧˋ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋ, 九 月 九 日 忆 山 东 兄 弟 / 九 月 九 日 憶 山 東 兄 弟] Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王維|王维) [Add to Longdo] |
五虎将 | [Wǔ hǔ jiàng, ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄤˋ, 五 虎 将 / 五 虎 將] Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠 [Add to Longdo] |
先帝遗诏 | [xiān dì yí zhào, ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧˊ ㄓㄠˋ, 先 帝 遗 诏 / 先 帝 遺 詔] posthumous edict of former emperor; Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 edict to posterity [Add to Longdo] |
出其不意攻其不备 | [chū qí bù yì gōng qí bù bèi, ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟˋ, 出 其 不 意 攻 其 不 备 / 出 其 不 意 攻 其 不 備] catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (成语 saw, from Sunzi's Art of War 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) [Add to Longdo] |
切腹 | [qiē fù, ㄑㄧㄝ ㄈㄨˋ, 切 腹] harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling [Add to Longdo] |
刘涓子鬼遗方 | [Liú Juān zǐ guǐ yí fāng, ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄩㄢ ㄗˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄧˊ ㄈㄤ, 刘 涓 子 鬼 遗 方 / 劉 涓 子 鬼 遺 方] Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼 [Add to Longdo] |
卡波西氏肉瘤 | [kǎ bō xī shì ròu liú, ㄎㄚˇ ㄅㄛ ㄒㄧ ㄕˋ ㄖㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ, 卡 波 西 氏 肉 瘤] Kaposi's sarcoma [Add to Longdo] |
普氏小羚羊 | [Pǔ shì xiǎo líng yáng, ㄆㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ, 普 氏 小 羚 羊] Przevalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) of Central Asia [Add to Longdo] |
治隆唐宋 | [zhì lóng táng sòng, ㄓˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ, 治 隆 唐 宋] "Ruled better that Tang and Song"; Qing Emperor Kangxi's memorial tribute to the first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武 [Add to Longdo] |
独在异乡为异客 | [dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè, ㄉㄨˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧˋ ㄎㄜˋ, 独 在 异 乡 为 异 客 / 獨 在 異 鄉 為 異 客] a stranger in a strange land (Tang poet Wang Wei's 王維|王维) [Add to Longdo] |
知彼知己,百战不殆 | [zhī bǐ zhī jǐ, bǎi zhàn bù dài, ㄓ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ, ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄞˋ, 知 彼 知 己 , 百 战 不 殆 / 知 彼 知 己 , 百 戰 不 殆] Knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (成语 saw, from Sunzi's Art of War). [Add to Longdo] |
萨噶达娃节 | [Sà gá dá wá jié, ㄙㄚˋ ㄍㄚˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 萨 噶 达 娃 节 / 薩 噶 達 娃 節] Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday [Add to Longdo] |
中間;仲間 | [ちゅうげん, chuugen] (n, adj-no) samurai's attendant; footman #3,521 [Add to Longdo] |
奴 | [やつ(P);しゃつ(ok), yatsu (P); shatsu (ok)] (n) (1) servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); (2) chivalrous man (c. Edo period); (3) (abbr) (See 奴豆腐) cubed tofu (often served cold); (4) (abbr) (See 奴凧) kite shaped like a footman; (5) (abbr) (See 奴頭) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; (6) enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (pn) (7) (arch) (derog) he; she; him; her #6,984 [Add to Longdo] |
カポジ肉腫;カポシ肉腫 | [カポジにくしゅ(カポジ肉腫);カポシにくしゅ(カポシ肉腫), kapoji nikushu ( kapoji niku shu ); kaposhi nikushu ( kaposhi niku shu )] (n) Kaposi's sarcoma [Add to Longdo] |
クロコダイルモニター;クロコダイル・モニター | [kurokodairumonita-; kurokodairu . monita-] (n) crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in New Guinea); Salvadori's monitor; Papua monitor; artellia [Add to Longdo] |
ジニ係数 | [ジニけいすう, jini keisuu] (n) (See 所得不平等度係数) Gini coefficient; Gini's coefficient [Add to Longdo] |
バンチ症候群 | [バンチしょうこうぐん, banchi shoukougun] (n) Banti's syndrome [Add to Longdo] |
パウリの原理 | [パウリのげんり, pauri nogenri] (n) Pauli's principle [Add to Longdo] |
ブラックツリーモニター;ブラック・ツリー・モニター | [burakkutsuri-monita-; burakku . tsuri-. monita-] (n) black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor [Add to Longdo] |
プシバルスキー馬 | [プシバルスキーうま, pushibarusuki-uma] (n) Przewalski's horse [Add to Longdo] |
一点一画 | [いってんいっかく, itten'ikkaku] (n) (See 一点一画もおろそかにしない) the dots of i's and the crosses of t's; (not neglecting) the slightest details [Add to Longdo] |
一点一画もおろそかにしない | [いってんいっかくもおろそかにしない, itten'ikkakumoorosokanishinai] (exp) always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious [Add to Longdo] |
横褌 | [よこみつ, yokomitsu] (n) either side of a rikishi's mawashi [Add to Longdo] |
加禄 | [かろく, karoku] (n) increase in a samurai's stipend [Add to Longdo] |
犬四手 | [いぬしで;イヌシデ, inushide ; inushide] (n) (uk) Chonowski's hornbeam (Carpinus tschonoskii) [Add to Longdo] |
黒細大蜥蜴 | [くろほそおおとかげ;クロホソオオトカゲ, kurohosoootokage ; kurohosoootokage] (n) (uk) (See ブラックツリーモニター) black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor [Add to Longdo] |
仕官 | [しかん, shikan] (n, vs) government service; samurai's service [Add to Longdo] |
四大節 | [しだいせつ, shidaisetsu] (n) (See 紀元節, 四方拝, 天長節, 明治節) the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948) [Add to Longdo] |
士魂商才 | [しこんしょうさい, shikonshousai] (n) having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense [Add to Longdo] |
借音 | [しゃくおん, shakuon] (n) (See 万葉仮名) using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) [Add to Longdo] |
借訓 | [しゃっくん, shakkun] (n) using the Japanese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) [Add to Longdo] |
所得不平等度係数 | [しょとくふびょうどうどけいすう, shotokufubyoudoudokeisuu] (n) (See ジニ係数) Gini coefficient; Gini's coefficient [Add to Longdo] |
食い上げ | [くいあげ, kuiage] (n) (1) losing the means of livelihood; (2) (arch) a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended; (3) (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook [Add to Longdo] |
針烏賊;針イカ | [はりいか(針烏賊);はりイカ(針イカ);ハリイカ, hariika ( hari ika ); hari ika ( hari ika ); hariika] (n) (1) (uk) golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); (2) Madokai's cuttlefish (Sepia madokai) [Add to Longdo] |
成道会 | [じょうどうえ, joudoue] (n) Bodhi Day; Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment [Add to Longdo] |
太閤検地 | [たいこうけんち, taikoukenchi] (n) Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nationwide land survey (1582 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
奴さん | [やっこさん, yakkosan] (pn) (1) (See 奴・やっこ) (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her; (n) (2) samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); (3) type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period [Add to Longdo] |
奴頭 | [やっこあたま, yakkoatama] (n) (See 奴・やっこ) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants [Add to Longdo] |
刀の手前 | [かたなのてまえ, katananotemae] (n) samurai's face [Add to Longdo] |
鼻太大蜥蜴 | [はなぶとおおとかげ;ハナブトオオトカゲ, hanabutoootokage ; hanabutoootokage] (n) (uk) (See クロコダイルモニター) crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in New Guinea); Salvadori's monitor; Papua monitor; artellia [Add to Longdo] |
武問 | [ぶもん, bumon] (n) samurai's lineage [Add to Longdo] |
部屋子 | [へやご, heyago] (n) (1) (See 部屋住み) young adult still living at home; dependent; (2) (See 部屋方) female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period); (3) freeloader living in a samurai's house; (4) young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period) [Add to Longdo] |
文禄慶長の役 | [ぶんろくけいちょうのえき, bunrokukeichounoeki] (n) Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea; battle(s) of Bunroku and Keicho [Add to Longdo] |
明治節 | [めいじせつ, meijisetsu] (n) (See 文化の日) Emperor Meiji's birthday (November 3rd; national holiday held from 1927 to 1948) [Add to Longdo] |
禄高 | [ろくだか, rokudaka] (n) (amount of a samurai's) stipend [Add to Longdo] |
鵺;鵼(oK) | [ぬえ, nue] (n) (1) Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; (2) (See 虎鶫) White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); (3) man of mystery [Add to Longdo] |