中山 | [Zhōng shān, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄢ, 中 山] refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen; Nakayama, common Japanese surname (borrowed by Sun Yat-sen); Zhongshan prefecture level city in Guangdong close to Sun Yat-Sen's birth-place #8,007 [Add to Longdo] |
蒲 | [pú, ㄆㄨˊ, 蒲] refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush; surname Pu; old place name; phonetic po or pu #12,308 [Add to Longdo] |
翰林 | [Hàn lín, ㄏㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ, 翰 林] refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院 #43,478 [Add to Longdo] |
烟花风月 | [yān huā fēng yuè, ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄈㄥ ㄩㄝˋ, 烟 花 风 月 / 煙 花 風 月] refers to love-making (成语 saw) #904,029 [Add to Longdo] |
六四 | [liù sì, ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄙˋ, 六 四] refers to Tian'anmen incident of 4th Jun 1989 [Add to Longdo] |
靖国 | [Jìng guó, ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 靖 国 / 靖 國] refers to Yasukuni shrine 靖國神社|靖国神社, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals; Yasukuni, controversial documentary film by Li Ying 李纓|李缨 [Add to Longdo] |
黄巾 | [huáng jīn, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄣ, 黄 巾 / 黃 巾] refers to the Yellow Turbans peasant uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) [Add to Longdo] |
階;段階 | [きざはし;きだはし(ok);はし(階)(ok), kizahashi ; kidahashi (ok); hashi ( kai )(ok)] (n) (1) (はし refers to the stairs leading from a building to a garden) (See 階段) stairs; (2) (きざはし only) stairs at the front of a noh stage #1,097 [Add to Longdo] |
得る(P);獲る | [える, eru] (v1, vt) (1) (獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain; (suf, v1, vt) (2) (得る only) (See 得ない, 得る・うる) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to ..., can ...; (P) #1,560 [Add to Longdo] |
羽(P);羽根(P);翅;羽子 | [はね, hane] (n) (1) (翅 esp. refers to insect wings) feather; plume; wing; (2) blade (fan, propeller, etc.); (P) #2,334 [Add to Longdo] |
貴方(P);貴女;貴男 | [あなた, anata] (pn, adj-no) (1) (uk) (pol) (貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males) you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); (2) (貴方, 貴男 only) dear (what a wife calls a husband); (P) #3,704 [Add to Longdo] |
林檎(P);苹果 | [りんご(P);りゅうごう(林檎)(ok);リンゴ, ringo (P); ryuugou ( ringo )(ok); ringo] (n) (1) (uk) (苹果 only refers to the fruit) apple; (2) apple tree (Malus pumila); (P) #12,523 [Add to Longdo] |
端くれ | [はしくれ, hashikure] (n) (1) scrap; piece; fag end; (2) (often refers humbly to oneself) unimportant person #12,950 [Add to Longdo] |
丸い(P);円い(P) | [まるい(P);まろい(ok), marui (P); maroi (ok)] (adj-i) (1) (丸い usu. refers to ball-shaped, and 円い to disc-shaped objects) round; circular; spherical; (2) (See 丸く収まる) harmonious; calm; (P) #18,947 [Add to Longdo] |
アクロバットチーム | [akurobattochi-mu] (n) (always refers to aircraft, not human acrobats) aerobatic team; acrobatic team [Add to Longdo] |
ツナ | [tsuna] (n) tuna (usu. refers to canned tuna); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
パラサイトシングル | [parasaitoshinguru] (n) single person who earns enough to live alone but prefers to live rent-free with his or her parents (wasei [Add to Longdo] |