[おおくらしょう, ookurashou] (n) (See 財務省) (former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000); (P) #7337
[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
[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
[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
[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)
[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
[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)
[montsukibera] (n) Diana's hogfish (Bodianus diana); Bodianus dictynna (separate species from B. diana since 2006)
[ヨモギぞく(ヨモギ属;ヨモギ屬);よもぎぞく(蓬属), yomogi zoku ( yomogi zoku ; yomogi zoku ); yomogizoku ( yomogi zoku )] (n) (See 蓬, アルテミシア属) Artemisia (genus of a between 200 to 400 species of plants in the daisy family Asteraceae)
[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)
[がいらいせいぶつほう, gairaiseibutsuhou] (n) (abbr) Invasive Alien Species Act (2004)
[きんゆうビッグバン, kinyuu bigguban] (n) financial Big Bang (1996-2001)
[けいきちょう, keikichou] (n) (abbr) (See 経済企画庁・けいざいきかくちょう) Economic Planning Agency (defunct as of 2001); (P)
[けいざいきかくちょう, keizaikikakuchou] (n) (See 内閣府) Economic Planning Agency (defunct as of 2001); (P)
[こじんじょうほうほごほう, kojinjouhouhogohou] (n) Personal Information Protection Law (2003)
[ぎょうせいきかんこじんじょうほうほごほう, gyouseikikankojinjouhouhogohou] (n) Law for the Protection of Personal Data Held by Administrative Organs (2003)
[ごうどうかいしゃ, goudoukaisha] (n) limited company; company structure for small businesses, established in 2005 (GK)
[さいばんいん, saiban'in] (n) lay judge (2005 reforms); citizen judge; juror
[こいずみチルドレン, koizumi chirudoren] (n) (col) (See 83会) any of the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election
[しんとうさきがけ, shintousakigake] (n) New Party Sakigake (Japanese political party, 1993-2004)
[せかいきんゆうきき, sekaikinyuukiki] (n) world financial crisis (2007-); global financial crisis; GFC
[せいじんのひ, seijinnohi] (n) Coming of Age Day (second Monday in January. Prior to 2000 was Jan 15); Adult's Day
[せいれきにせんねんもんだい, seirekinisennenmondai] (n) { comp } Year 2000 problem
[ちゅうおうしょうちょうさいへん, chuuoushouchousaihen] (n) Japan's 2001 central government restructuring
[ていがくきゅうふきん, teigakukyuufukin] (n) money handout to stimulate the economy (April 2009)
[どうげん, dougen] (n) Zen monk, 1200-1253
[とくていがいらいせいぶつぼうしほう, tokuteigairaiseibutsuboushihou] (n) (abbr) (obsc) (See 外来生物法) Invasive Alien Species Act (2004)
[どくりつぎょうせいほうじんとうこじんじょうほうほごほう, dokuritsugyouseihoujintoukojinjouhouhogohou] (n) Law for the Protection of Personal Information Retained by Independent Administrative Institutions (2003)
[にひゃく, nihyaku] (n) two hundred; 200; (P)
[ばんごうけいぞくせい, bangoukeizokusei] (n) (See ナンバーポータビリティー) (mobile phone) number portability (introduced to Japan in October 2005)
[ふぞくいけだしょうじけん, fuzokuikedashoujiken] (n) Ikeda Elementary School massacre (June 8, 2001)
[まんがん, mangan] (n) winning with the highest possible score (in mah-jongg) (mahjong); a win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)
[やくまん, yakuman] (n) (See 満貫) (mah-jongg) a win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
[ゆうげんがいしゃ, yuugengaisha] (n) (See 合同会社) limited company; company structure for small businesses, abolished in 2006 (YK)
[ゆうしどうめい, yuushidoumei] (n) (See 有志連合) Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)