A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated by A 2 and A 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
A 1 is also applied colloquially to other things to imply superiority; prime; first-class; first-rate. [ 1913 Webster ]
[俾斯麦 / 俾斯麥, Bǐ sī màiㄅㄧˇ ㄙ ㄇㄞˋ] Bismarck (name); Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890#60091
[埃德加・斯诺 / 埃德加・斯諾, Āi dé jiā· Sī nuòㄞ ㄉㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄚ· ㄙ ㄋㄨㄛˋ] Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
[库尔特・瓦尔德海姆 / 庫爾特・瓦爾德海姆, Kù ěr tè· Wǎ ěr dé hǎi mǔㄎㄨˋ ㄦˇ ㄊㄜˋ· ㄨㄚˇ ㄦˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄇㄨˇ] Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, Secretary-General of UN 1972-1981, President of Austria 1986-1992
[铁血宰相 / 鐵血宰相, Tiě xuè zǎi xiàngㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ] Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
[额菲尔士 / 額菲爾士, É fēi ěr shìㄜˊ ㄈㄟ ㄦˇ ㄕˋ] Everest (name); Colonel Sir George Everest (1790-1866), British Surveyor-General of India 1830-1843; transliteration refers to Mt Everest 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰, Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan); Nepalese: Sagarmatha, See Also: 珠穆朗瑪峰, 珠穆朗玛峰
[wankoin] (adj-f) one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen
[かどばん, kadoban] (n) (1) make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; (2) ozeki-ranked sumo wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
[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)
[ひゃくマスけいさん(百マス計算);ひゃくますけいさん(百ます計算), hyaku masu keisan ( hyaku masu keisan ); hyakumasukeisan ( hyaku masu keisan )] (n) method of learning through repetition conceived by Kageyama Hideo, which involves multiplying and other calculations carried out on a 10-by-10 grid of numbers (lit
Haus { n } | Häuser { pl } | ein Haus bauen lassen | ein Haus bewohnen | ein Haus mieten | ein Haus auf 10 Jahre pachten | Haus der offenen Tür | ans Haus gebunden | im Haus bleiben; zu Hause bleiben
house | houses | to have a house built | to occupy a house | to take a lease on a house | to take a house on a 10-year lease | open house | confined indoors | to stay in; to stop in