室町 | [むろまち, muromachi] (n) Muromachi (era 1392-1573, or 1333-1573, or 1336-1573); (P) #4,859 [Add to Longdo] |
がらっと | [garatto] (adv) (1) (on-mim) to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door); (2) to change completely; to do a 180 [Add to Longdo] |
ワンコイン | [wankoin] (adj-f) one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen [Add to Longdo] |
角番 | [かどばん, kadoban] (n) (1) make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; (2) ozeki-ranked sumo wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament [Add to Longdo] |
図書カード | [としょカード, tosho ka-do] (n) (replaced the 図書券 ca 1990) (See 図書券) pre-paid card for purchasing books; Tosho card [Add to Longdo] |
千番に一番の兼ね合い;千番に一番の兼合 | [せんばんにいちばんのかねあい, senbanniichibannokaneai] (exp) (obsc) something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success [Add to Longdo] |
足長おじさん | [あしながおじさん, ashinagaojisan] (n) (1) (See 大蚊) anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); (2) harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones) [Add to Longdo] |
百マス計算;百ます計算 | [ひゃくマスけいさん(百マス計算);ひゃくますけいさん(百ます計算), hyaku masu keisan ( hyaku masu keisan ); hyakumasukeisan ( hyaku masu keisan )] (n) method of learning through repetition conceived by Kageyama Hideo, which involves multiplying and other calculations carried out on a 10-by-10 grid of numbers (lit [Add to Longdo] |
李承晩 | [りしょうばん, rishouban] (n) Rhee Syngman, president of Korea 1948-1960 [Add to Longdo] |