和書 | [わしょ, washo] (n) (Japanese) book bound in the Japanese style #346 [Add to Longdo] |
沖縄 | [おきなわ, okinawa] (n) Okinawa (one of the Japanese Ryukyu islands); (P) #1,114 [Add to Longdo] |
宮 | [みや, miya] (n) (1) palace; (2) (See 五音) tonic (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale); (3) (abbr) (See 宮刑) ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); (n, n-suf) (4) (See 十二宮) zodiacal sign #1,487 [Add to Longdo] |
角 | [つの, tsuno] (n, n-suf) (1) angle; (2) square (or cube); (3) bishop (shogi); (4) (See 五音) third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale); (5) (See 角宿) Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (6) (See 元・げん) jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan); (P) #1,734 [Add to Longdo] |
羽 | [わ(P);ば;ぱ, wa (P); ba ; pa] (n) (See 五音) fifth degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) #2,334 [Add to Longdo] |
商 | [しょう, shou] (n, n-suf) (1) { math } (See 積・1) quotient; (2) dealing; dealer; store; (3) (See 五音) second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale); (4) (See 殷) Shang (dynasty of China); (P) #2,968 [Add to Longdo] |
猿 | [さる(P);まし(ok);ましら(ok), saru (P); mashi (ok); mashira (ok)] (n) (1) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); (2) (さる only) (derog) sly person; (3) (さる only) sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); (4) (さる only) (See 自在鉤) clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; (5) (さる only) (arch) (See 湯女) bathhouse prostitute; (P) #5,820 [Add to Longdo] |
飛び | [とび, tobi] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 飛ぶ) flying; leaping; flight; leap; (2) (when reading a number aloud) naught; zero; oh; (3) (See 飛魚) flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) #9,252 [Add to Longdo] |
五十音 | [ごじゅうおん, gojuuon] (n) the Japanese syllabary; (P) #11,493 [Add to Longdo] |
やくざ(P);ヤクザ | [yakuza (P); yakuza] (n) (1) (possibly from 八九三) professional gambler or ruffian (esp. a member of the Japanese mafia); yakuza (member); (adj-na, n) (2) uselessness; purposelessness; (P) #17,614 [Add to Longdo] |
徴 | [ち, chi] (n) (See 五音) fourth degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) #19,814 [Add to Longdo] |
いろは歌留多(ateji);伊呂波ガルタ;伊呂波歌留多(ateji);以呂波歌留多(ateji) | [いろはガルタ, iroha garuta] (n) playing cards bearing proverbs in the traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary [Add to Longdo] |
お雇い外国人;御雇外国人 | [おやといがいこくじん, oyatoigaikokujin] (n) hired foreigners; foreign advisors hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era [Add to Longdo] |
アジア太平洋戦争;アジア・太平洋戦争 | [アジアたいへいようせんそう(アジア太平洋戦争);アジア・たいへいようせんそう(アジア・太平洋戦争), ajia taiheiyousensou ( ajia taiheiyousensou ); ajia . taiheiyousensou ( ajia . taih] (n) (See 十五年戦争, 太平洋戦争) Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945) [Add to Longdo] |
カツラ科;桂科 | [カツラか(カツラ科);かつらか(桂科), katsura ka ( katsura ka ); katsuraka ( katsura ka )] (n) (See 桂・かつら) Cercidiphyllaceae (monotypic plant family containing the Japanese Judas trees) [Add to Longdo] |
ポツダム命令 | [ポツダムめいれい, potsudamu meirei] (n) (See ポツダム宣言) Potsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration) [Add to Longdo] |
鯵(P);鰺 | [あじ(P);アジ, aji (P); aji] (n) (uk) horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
安倍内閣 | [あべないかく, abenaikaku] (n) (See 公明党, 自由民主党) Abe Cabinet (inaugurated as the Japanese government, 2006-09-26) [Add to Longdo] |
伊呂波 | [いろは(P);イロハ, iroha (P); iroha] (n) (1) (uk) traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; (2) fundamentals; the ABCs of ...; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
井守;蠑螈(oK) | [いもり;イモリ, imori ; imori] (n) (uk) newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster) [Add to Longdo] |
鰯(P);鰮 | [いわし, iwashi] (n) pilchard (esp. the Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine (esp. the sardine of the Japanese pilchard); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
雨蛙 | [あまがえる, amagaeru] (n) tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica) [Add to Longdo] |
鰻 | [うなぎ, unagi] (n) (uk) eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
燕魚 | [つばめうお;つばくろうお;ツバメウオ, tsubameuo ; tsubakurouo ; tsubameuo] (n) (1) (つばめうお, ツバメウオ only) (uk) longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish); Tiera batfish; (2) (uk) (obsc) (See 飛び魚) flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) [Add to Longdo] |
黄色雀蜂 | [きいろすずめばち;キイロスズメバチ, kiirosuzumebachi ; kiirosuzumebachi] (n) (uk) (See 毛深雀蜂・けぶかすずめばち) yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima) [Add to Longdo] |
仮名文字 | [かなもじ, kanamoji] (n) the Japanese syllabary symbols [Add to Longdo] |
核アレルギー | [かくアレルギー, kaku arerugi-] (n) nuclear allergy; antipathy shown by the Japanese to nuclear weapons [Add to Longdo] |
樺の木 | [かばのき;カバノキ, kabanoki ; kabanoki] (n) (uk) birch tree (esp. the Japanese white birch, Betula platyphylla var. japonica) [Add to Longdo] |
逆さ海月;逆さくらげ | [さかさくらげ, sakasakurage] (n) (because the Japanese hot spring symbol looks like an upside-down jellyfish) (See 連れ込み宿, 温泉マーク・2) traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples [Add to Longdo] |
宮中三殿 | [きゅうちゅうさんでん, kyuuchuusanden] (n) the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace [Add to Longdo] |
居合道 | [いあいどう, iaidou] (n) iaido (art of drawing the Japanese sword) [Add to Longdo] |
挙尾虫 | [しりあげむし;シリアゲムシ, shiriagemushi ; shiriagemushi] (n) (uk) scorpionfly (esp. the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica); scorpion fly [Add to Longdo] |
鋸鮫 | [のこぎりざめ;ノコギリザメ, nokogirizame ; nokogirizame] (n) (uk) saw shark (esp. the Japanese saw shark, Prietiophorus japonicus) [Add to Longdo] |
金蛇;蛇舅母 | [かなへび;カナヘビ, kanahebi ; kanahebi] (n) (uk) lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides) [Add to Longdo] |
空曹 | [くうそう, kuusou] (n) noncommissioned officer of the Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (Defence) [Add to Longdo] |
五十音図 | [ごじゅうおんず, gojuuonzu] (n) the Japanese syllabary table [Add to Longdo] |
甲虫;兜虫;カブト虫 | [かぶとむし(甲虫;兜虫);カブトむし(カブト虫);カブトムシ, kabutomushi ( kouchuu ; kabuto mushi ); kabuto mushi ( kabuto mushi ); kabutomushi] (n) (uk) rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus) [Add to Longdo] |
黒船 | [くろふね, kurofune] (n) (1) black ships (i.e. Western ships, often painted with tar, that came to Japan in the 16th century); (2) product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market, etc. [Add to Longdo] |
三無主義 | [さんむしゅぎ, sanmushugi] (n) the "three noes principle" of no drive (indolence), no interest (indifference), and no sense of responsibility (irresponsibility), the term describing the temperament of the Japanese youth of the 1970s [Add to Longdo] |
字訓 | [じくん, jikun] (n) the Japanese reading of a kanji [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] |
衆参各院 | [しゅうさんかくいん, shuusankakuin] (exp) (in) each of the houses of the Japanese parliament [Add to Longdo] |
十五年戦争 | [じゅうごねんせんそう, juugonensensou] (n) Fifteen Years' War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945) [Add to Longdo] |
浄瑠璃 | [じょうるり, joururi] (n) type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with the Japanese puppet theater) [Add to Longdo] |
新仮名遣;新仮名遣い | [しんかなづかい, shinkanadukai] (n) (See 旧仮名遣い) modern kana usage (as laid out by the Japanese government in 1946) [Add to Longdo] |
新平民 | [しんへいみん, shinheimin] (n) (arch) (vulg) "new commoners" (name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition) [Add to Longdo] |
真猿 | [まさる, masaru] (n) (arch) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata) [Add to Longdo] |
水澄まし;水澄し;水澄;水すまし | [みずすまし;ミズスマシ, mizusumashi ; mizusumashi] (n) (1) (uk) whirligig beetle (any insect of family Gyrinidae, esp. the Japanese whirligig beetle, Gyrinus japonicus); (2) (See 水馬・あめんぼ) pond skater; water strider [Add to Longdo] |
青魚 | [あおざかな, aozakana] (n) blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine) [Add to Longdo] |
青物 | [あおもの, aomono] (n) (1) vegetables; (edible) greens; (2) blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine) [Add to Longdo] |