[ぐん(P);こおり, gun (P); koori] (n) (1) (ぐん only) district; county; (2) (See 国郡里制) district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period); (P) #135
[しん, shin] (n) (See 西晋, 東晋) Jin (dynasty of China, 265-420 CE) #2776
[しん, shin] (n) Qin (dynasty of China; 221-206 BCE); Ch'in #3765
[ぶんめい, bunmei] (n) (1) civilization; civilisation; culture; (2) Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20); (P) #4054
[ほうあん, houan] (n) Houan era (1120.4.10-1124.4.3) #4512
[あげる, ageru] (v1, vt) (1) (See 手を挙げる・1) to raise; to elevate; (2) (See 髪を上げる) to do up (one's hair); (3) to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); (4) to land (a boat); (5) (揚げる only) to deep-fry; (6) to show someone (into a room); (7) (揚げる only) (uk) to summon (for geishas, etc.); (8) to send someone (away); (9) to enrol (one's child in school) (enroll); (10) to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); (11) (See 声を上げる) to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); (12) to earn (something desirable); (13) to praise; (14) (usu. 挙げる) to give (an example, etc.); to cite; (15) (usu. 挙げる) to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); (16) (挙げる only) to arrest; (17) (挙げる only) to nominate; (18) (pol) to give; (19) to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); (20) to bear (a child); (21) (usu. 挙げる) to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (v1, vi) (22) (of the tide) to come in; (v1, vi, vt) (23) to vomit; (aux-v) (24) (uk) (pol) (after the -te form of a verb) to do for (the sake of someone else); (25) (See 作り上げる) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to complete; (26) (hum) (See 申し上げる・2) used after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility; (P) #5990
[じょう, jou] (n) (1) folding book; (suf, ctr) (2) counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); (3) counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; (4) counter for pairs of curtains; (5) (See 畳・じょう) counter for tatami mats #6818
[おおくらしょう, ookurashou] (n) (See 財務省) (former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000); (P) #7337
[あがる, agaru] (v5r, vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) (also written as 騰る in ref. to price) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) (often as 〜で上がる) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) (挙がる only) to be arrested; (16) (挙がる only) to turn up (of evidence, etc.); (17) (揚がる only) to be deep fried; (18) to be spoken loudly; (19) to get stage fright; (20) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (21) (hum) to go; to visit; (22) (hon) to eat; to drink; (23) (esp. 挙がる) to be listed (as a candidate); (24) to serve (in one's master's home); (25) (in Kyoto) to go north; (suf, v5r) (26) (See 出来上がる・1) (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion; (P) #7851
[つか, tsuka] (n, n-suf) (1) { math } lattice; (n, n-suf, ctr) (2) counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); (3) handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows) #8371
[しょうわ, shouwa] (n) Shouwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3) #11471
[しょうじ, shouji] (n) Shouji era (1199.4.27-1201.2.13) #12077
[しんぞう;しんぞ, shinzou ; shinzo] (n, vs) (1) new; newly made; (n) (2) unmarried woman of about 20; (3) newly-married woman; (4) new prostitute that has not started working; attendant of an older prostitute #12746
[ぼうえいちょう, boueichou] (n) (See 防衛省) Japan Defense Agency (Defence) (became Japanese Ministry of Defense in Jan. 2007); (P) #12785
[ぶんきゅう, bunkyuu] (n) Bunkyuu era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20) #12792
[ぴかいち, pikaichi] (n) (1) (See 花札) scoring hand with one 20 point flower card and six 1 point flower cards; (2) something (or someone) that stands out above the rest #13901
[かける, kakeru] (v1, vt) (1) (See 壁にかける) to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); (2) (See 腰を掛ける) to sit; (aux-v, v1) (3) to be partway (verb); to begin (but not complete); (4) (See 時間を掛ける) to take (time, money); to expend (money, time, etc.); (5) (See 電話を掛ける) to make (a call); (6) to multiply; (7) (See 鍵を掛ける) to secure (e.g. lock); (8) (See 眼鏡を掛ける) to put on (glasses, etc.); (9) to cover; (10) (See 迷惑を掛ける) to burden someone; (11) (See 保険を掛ける) to apply (insurance); (12) to turn on (an engine, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.); (13) to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on; (14) to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.); (15) (also 繋ける) to bind; (16) (See 塩をかける) to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto; (17) (See 裁判に掛ける) to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.); (18) to increase further; (19) to catch (in a trap, etc.); (20) to set atop; (21) to erect (a makeshift building); (22) to hold (a play, festival, etc.); (aux-v) (23) (See 話し掛ける) (after -masu stem of verb) indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone); (P) #18130
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[にせんねんもんだい, nisennenmondai] (n) Y2K bug; year 2000 problem
[はちさんかい, hachisankai] (n) (See 小泉チルドレン) collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election
[いざなみけいき, izanamikeiki] (n) (See だらだらかげろう景気) period of Japanese economic expansion from February 2002 to October 2007
[だらだらかげろうけいき, daradarakageroukeiki] (n) period of Japanese economic expansion from February 2002 to October 2007
[nikome] (n) (abbr) (from 200メートル個人メドレー) 200 metre individual medley (swimming)
[akahoshikitsunebera] (n) lined hogfish (Bodianus leucosticticus); Bodianus rubrisos (declared separate species from B. leucosticticus in 2006)
[アラブのはる, arabu noharu] (exp, n) Arab Spring (revolutionary wave in the Arab world, 2010-2011)
[アルテミシアぞく, arutemishia zoku] (n) (See ヨモギ属) Artemisia (genus of a between 200 to 400 species of plants in the daisy family Asteraceae)
[イラクせんそう, iraku sensou] (n) Iraq War (2003-)
[uindouzunisen] (n) { comp } Windows2000
[uo-mubizu] (n) (See クールビズ) WARM BIZ (Japanese government campaign encouraging companies to set their heater thermostats to 20 degrees Celsius over the winter)
[ofisunisen] (n) { comp } Office2000
[オレンジかくめい, orenji kakumei] (n) Orange Revolution (Ukraine, 2004-2005)
[gankuro] (n) darkly tanned face (fashionable among trendy young people ca. 1999-2000)
[guputa] (n) (also written as 笈多) Gupta (dynasty of India, approx. 320-600 CE)
[グプタちょう, guputa chou] (n) Gupta dynasty (of India, approx. 320-600 CE)
[スマトラおきじしん, sumatora okijishin] (n) Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)
[tamifu ru] (v5r, vi) (sl) (See タミフル) to panic (from the flu panics of late 2000's and early 2010's); to act frantically; to act bizarrely
[deisukabara-nisen] (n) { comp } Discoverer2000
[dezaina-nisen] (n) { comp } Designer2000
[deberoppa-nisen] (n) { comp } Developer2000
[デリースルタンちょう, deri-surutan chou] (n) Delhi Sultanate (1206-1527 CE)
[トゥグルクちょう(トゥグルク朝);ツグルクちょう(ツグルク朝), touguruku chou ( touguruku asa ); tsuguruku chou ( tsuguruku asa )] (n) Tughluq Dynasty (of India, 1320-1413 CE)
[トモダチさくせん(トモダチ作戦);ともだちさくせん(友達作戦), tomodachi sakusen ( tomodachi sakusen ); tomodachisakusen ( tomodachi sakusen )] (n) Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
[ニッケルどう, nikkeru dou] (n) (See 白銅) cupronickel (alloy of approximately 80% copper and 20% nickel)
[nyu-adaruto] (n) person recently turned 20 (wasei
[ハゼか, haze ka] (n) Gobiidae (family of gobies containing over 2, 000 species in over 200 genera)
[harike-n . katori-na ; harike-nkatori-na] (n) Hurricane Katrina (2005)
[ハルジーちょう, haruji-chou] (n) Khalji Dynasty (of India, 1290-1320 CE); Khilji Dynasty
[フライじん;フライジン, furai jin ; furaijin] (n) (sl) (from フライ+外人) (See フライ・2, 外人) foreigner who fled Japan after the Mar. 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake
[フランクフルトがくは, furankufuruto gakuha] (n) Frankfurt School (school of philosophy in the 1920s)
[マリアナおきかいせん, mariana okikaisen] (n) Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)