| 考生 | [kǎo shēng, ㄎㄠˇ ㄕㄥ, 考 生] exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam #2,207 [Add to Longdo] |
| 武松 | [Wǔ Sōng, ㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄥ, 武 松] Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan po 梁山泊 in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, whose exploits including killing a tiger with his bare hands, See also: 梁山泊, 水滸傳, 水浒传 #30,763 [Add to Longdo] |
| 鸩 | [zhèn, ㄓㄣˋ, 鸩 / 鴆] legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous; to poison sb #36,388 [Add to Longdo] |
| 林则徐 | [Lín Zé xú, ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄒㄩˊ, 林 则 徐 / 林 則 徐] Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 #39,679 [Add to Longdo] |
| 商鞅 | [Shāng Yāng, ㄕㄤ ㄧㄤ, 商 鞅] Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and important statesman of Qin state 秦國|秦国 whose militaristic reforms in 356 and 350 BC played a key role in establishing Qin power, See also: 秦國, 秦国 #57,233 [Add to Longdo] |
| 孟姜女 | [Mèng jiāng nǚ, ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄩˇ, 孟 姜 女] heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body, See also: 秦朝 #65,569 [Add to Longdo] |
| 十字花科 | [shí zì huā kē, ㄕˊ ㄗˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄎㄜ, 十 字 花 科] Cruciferae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals) #83,257 [Add to Longdo] |
| 文宗 | [wén zōng, ㄨㄣˊ ㄗㄨㄥ, 文 宗] person whose calligraphy serves as a model #84,049 [Add to Longdo] |
| 坦博拉 | [Tǎn bó lā, ㄊㄢˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄚ, 坦 博 拉] Tambora, volcano on Indonesian island of Sumbawa 松巴哇, whose 1815 eruption is greatest in recorded history, See also: 松巴哇 #492,080 [Add to Longdo] |
| 介之推 | [Jiè Zhī tuī, ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓ ㄊㄨㄟ, 介 之 推] Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明 (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated, See also: 晉文公, 晋文公, 清明 [Add to Longdo] |
| 斯文・海定 | [Sī wén· Hǎi dìng, ㄙ ㄨㄣˊ· ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ, 斯 文 ・ 海 定] Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰; also written 斯文·赫定, See also: 樓蘭, 楼兰, 斯文, 赫定 [Add to Longdo] |
| 斯文・赫定 | [Sī wén· Hè dìng, ㄙ ㄨㄣˊ· ㄏㄜˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ, 斯 文 ・ 赫 定] Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰, See also: 樓蘭, 楼兰 [Add to Longdo] |
| 李陵 | [Lǐ Líng, ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ, 李 陵] Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal, See also: 匈奴 [Add to Longdo] |
| 海伦・凯勒 | [Hǎi lún· Kǎi lē, ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ· ㄎㄞˇ ㄌㄜ, 海 伦 ・ 凯 勒 / 海 倫 ・ 凱 勒] Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deafblind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) [Add to Longdo] |
| 甜菊 | [tián jū, ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩ, 甜 菊] Stevia, South American sunflower genus; sugarleaf (Stevia rebaudiana), bush whose leaves produce sugar substitute [Add to Longdo] |
| 被上诉人 | [bèi shàng sù rén, ㄅㄟˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄙㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ, 被 上 诉 人 / 被 上 訴 人] appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side) [Add to Longdo] |
| 贝多罗树 | [bèi duō luó shù, ㄅㄟˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄨˋ, 贝 多 罗 树 / 貝 多 羅 樹] Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media [Add to Longdo] |
| 譜代;譜第 | [ふだい, fudai] (n) (1) successive generations; (2) (abbr) (See 譜代大名) hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) #18,924 [Add to Longdo] |
| あっての | [atteno] (adj-f) which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| アマシイラ属 | [アマシイラぞく, amashiira zoku] (n) Luvarus (sole genus of perciform fish in the family Luvaridae whose only member is the luvar) [Add to Longdo] |
| イコクエイラクブカ属 | [イコクエイラクブカぞく, ikokueirakubuka zoku] (n) Galeorhinus (genus whose only member is the school shark, Galeorhinus galeus, in the family Triakidae) [Add to Longdo] |
| イタチザメ属 | [イタチザメぞく, itachizame zoku] (n) Galeocerdo (genus in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the tiger shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| インドシュモクザメ属 | [インドシュモクザメぞく, indoshumokuzame zoku] (n) Eusphyra (genus of hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae whose sole member is the winghead shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| ウバザメ科 | [ウバザメか, ubazame ka] (n) Cetorhinidae (family whose only member is the basking shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| エビスザメ属 | [エビスザメぞく, ebisuzame zoku] (n) Notorynchus (genus of cow sharks in the family Hexanchidae whose only extant member is the broadnose sevengill shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| オオトカゲ科 | [オオトカゲか, ootokage ka] (n) Varanidae (family of carnivorous monitor lizards whose only living genus is Varanus) [Add to Longdo] |
| オハグロハギ | [ohagurohagi] (n) Thompson's surgeonfish (Acanthurus thompsoni, species of Indo-Pacific tang whose Indian Ocean population lacks the white caudal fin of the Pacific variety) [Add to Longdo] |
| チヒロザメ属 | [チヒロザメぞく, chihirozame zoku] (n) Pseudotriakis (genus of ground shark in the family Pseudotriakidae whose sole member is the false catshark) [Add to Longdo] |
| ツノダシ科 | [ツノダシか, tsunodashi ka] (n) Zanclidae (family of perciform fish whose sole member is the moorish idol) [Add to Longdo] |
| ツマグロエイラクブカ属 | [ツマグロエイラクブカぞく, tsumaguroeirakubuka zoku] (n) Hypogaleus (genus whose sole member is the blacktip tope, Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark of the family Triakidae) [Add to Longdo] |
| トガリアンコウザメ属 | [トガリアンコウザメぞく, togariankouzame zoku] (n) Scoliodon (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the spadenose shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| トガリザメ属 | [トガリザメぞく, togarizame zoku] (n) Nasolamia (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose only member is the whitenose shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| ナンヨウハギ属 | [ナンヨウハギぞく, nanyouhagi zoku] (n) Paracanthurus (genus in the family Acanthuridae whose sole member is the palette surgeonfish) [Add to Longdo] |
| ネイリスト | [neirisuto] (n) nailist; someone whose occupation is to cut any type of nail, apply artificial nails (or "nail art") and care for nails [Add to Longdo] |
| ネムリブカ属 | [ネムリブカぞく, nemuribuka zoku] (n) Triaenodon (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the whitetip reef shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| ビンバー | [binba-] (n) (1) (See ビンベスト, 貧乏) someone whose state is slightly poorer than regular poverty; (2) 2nd degree poverty [Add to Longdo] |
| フリーター | [furi-ta-] (n) (abbr) (from freelance and arbeiter) young people subsisting on part-time work; one whose livelihood is provided by part-time work; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| ミズワニ科 | [ミズワニか, mizuwani ka] (n) Pseudocarchariidae (family whose only member is a species of mackerel shark known as the crocodile shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| メガマウス科 | [メガマウスか, megamausu ka] (n) Megachasmidae (family whose sole member is the rare deep water megamouth shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| ヨシキリザメ属 | [ヨシキリザメぞく, yoshikirizame zoku] (n) Prionace (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the blue shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| ラブカ科 | [ラブカか, rabuka ka] (n) Chlamydoselachidae (family of frilled sharks whose sole extant genus is Chlamydoselachus) [Add to Longdo] |
| ワープロ馬鹿 | [ワープロばか, wa-puro baka] (n) { comp } someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana-to-kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer [Add to Longdo] |
| 雨女 | [あめおんな, ameonna] (n) woman whose presence seems to cause rain [Add to Longdo] |
| 雨男 | [あめおとこ, ameotoko] (n) (See 雨女) man whose presence seems to cause rain [Add to Longdo] |
| 臥竜鳳雛 | [がりょうほうすう, garyouhousuu] (n) gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel [Add to Longdo] |
| 奇関数 | [きかんすう, kikansuu] (n) { math } odd function; function whose graph has symmetry about the origin [Add to Longdo] |
| 偶関数 | [ぐうかんすう, guukansuu] (n) { math } even function; function whose graph has symmetry about the y-axis [Add to Longdo] |
| 権兵衛 | [ごんべえ, gonbee] (n) (1) (arch) (derog) country bumpkin; (2) John Doe; used to refer to someone whose name is unknown [Add to Longdo] |
| 御先棒;お先棒 | [おさきぼう, osakibou] (n) a person whose services are at the disposal of another [Add to Longdo] |
| 指事 | [しじ, shiji] (n) indicative (kanji whose shape is based on logical representation of an abstract idea) [Add to Longdo] |
| 指南車 | [しなんしゃ, shinansha] (n) ancient Chinese vehicle with a compass whose needle always pointed south [Add to Longdo] |
| 集合犯 | [しゅうごうはん, shuugouhan] (n) (1) single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (i.e. habitual gambling); (2) (See 集団犯罪) crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (i.e. insurrection) [Add to Longdo] |
| 集団犯 | [しゅうだんはん, shuudanhan] (n) crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (i.e. insurrection) [Add to Longdo] |
| 所内 | [しょない, shonai] (n, adj-no) (refers to the interior of any place whose name ends in 〜所, e.g. 営業所, 発電所, etc.) inside; interior [Add to Longdo] |
| 女系天皇 | [じょけいてんのう, jokeitennou] (n) (See 女性天皇) matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not [Add to Longdo] |
| 人情話 | [にんじょうばなし, ninjoubanashi] (n) story whose theme is warm human relationships [Add to Longdo] |
| 水かけ論;水掛け論;水掛論 | [みずかけろん, mizukakeron] (n) endless argument; pointless argument; arguing over whose field to water (e.g. during a drought) [Add to Longdo] |
| 側生動物 | [そくせいどうぶつ, sokuseidoubutsu] (n) parazoan (member of an ancestral subkingdom of animals whose only surviving members are the sponges) [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] |
| 太刀持ち;太刀持 | [たちもち, tachimochi] (n) (1) sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword); (2) (sumo) rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony [Add to Longdo] |
| 単複同形 | [たんぷくどうけい, tanpukudoukei] (n) nouns whose plural has the same form as their singular (e.g. sheep) [Add to Longdo] |
| 勅祭社 | [ちょくさいしゃ, chokusaisha] (n) shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings) [Add to Longdo] |
| 肉蒲団;肉布団 | [にくぶとん, nikubuton] (n) (arch) female bedmate (whose body is likened to a fleshy cushion) [Add to Longdo] |
| 認証官 | [にんしょうかん, ninshoukan] (n) official whose appointment and dismissal requires Imperial acknowledgement (acknowledgment) [Add to Longdo] |
| 八分 | [はっぷん, happun] (n-t) (1) eight minutes; (n) (2) (See 六体) triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticable triangular tail) [Add to Longdo] |
| 譜代大名 | [ふだいだいみょう, fudaidaimyou] (n) hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) [Add to Longdo] |
| 伏竜鳳雛 | [ふくりょうほうすう, fukuryouhousuu] (n) gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel [Add to Longdo] |