Subject | English | Japanese |
gen. | n a person whose services are at the disposal of another | お先棒 |
gen. | n a person whose services are at the disposal of another | 御先棒 |
gen. | n ancient Chinese vehicle with a compass whose needle always pointed south | 指南車 |
gen. | n anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents | 足長おじさん (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster) |
gen. | any moth whose larvae feed on fruit | 心喰虫 |
gen. | any moth whose larvae feed on fruit | 心喰い虫 |
gen. | n arguing over whose field to water | 水掛け論 (e.g. during a drought) |
gen. | n arguing over whose field to water | 水掛論 (e.g. during a drought) |
gen. | n arguing over whose field to water | 水かけ論 (e.g. during a drought) |
gen. | n cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves | 葉桜 news2 nf44 |
law | n company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan | 擬似外国会社 |
gen. | crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together | 集合犯 (i.e. insurrection) |
gen. | n crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together | 集団犯 (i.e. insurrection) |
gen. | n yoji emperor either male or female whose mother is was a member of the Imperial family but whose father is was not | 女系天皇 |
gen. | n family of carnivorous monitor lizards whose only extant genus is Varanus | オオトカゲ科 ({n} Varanidae ***b) |
gen. | n family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo | イチョウ科 |
gen. | n family of perciform fish whose sole member is the moorish idol | ツノダシ科 ({n} Zanclidae ***b) |
gen. | n family whose only member is a species of mackerel shark known as the crocodile shark | ミズワニ科 ({n} Pseudocarchariidae ***b) |
gen. | n family whose only member is the basking shark | ウバザメ科 ({n} Cetorhinidae ***b) |
gen. | n family whose sole member is the rare deep water megamouth shark | メガマウス科 ({n} Megachasmidae ***b) |
math. | n function whose graph has symmetry about the origin | 奇関数 (kikansū) |
math. | n function whose graph has symmetry about the y-axis | 偶関数 (gūkansū) |
gen. | n genus of hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae whose sole member is the winghead shark | インドシュモクザメ属 |
gen. | n yoji great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel | 伏竜鳳雛 |
gen. | n yoji great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel | 臥竜鳳雛 |
gen. | n man whose presence seems to cause rain | 雨男 |
gen. | n nouns whose plural has the same form as their singular | 単複同形 (e.g. sheep) |
gen. | n official whose appointment and dismissal requires Imperial acknowledgement | 認証官 (acknowledgment) |
abbr. | n one whose livelihood is provided by part-time work | フリーター gai1 from freelance and arbeiter |
slang | person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash | 出し子 |
obs. | Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa person usually a woman whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies | 寮 (りょう) |
obs. | Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa person usually a woman whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies | 首 (くび) |
obs. | Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa person usually a woman whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies | 長 usu. 官,司,寮 |
obs. | Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa person usually a woman whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies | 司 |
obs. | Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa person usually a woman whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies | 官 |
gen. | person whose freedom has been restricted | 篭の鳥 (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.) |
gen. | person whose freedom has been restricted | かごの鳥 (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.) |
gen. | person whose freedom has been restricted | 籠の鳥 (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.) |
gen. | n person whose job is to take reservations | 予約受付係 |
gen. | n person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year | 戊種 (e.g. due to illness) |
gen. | n person whose presence is unwelcome, unnecessary or a nuisance | 余計者 (よけいもの) |
gen. | n shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy | 勅祭社 (who presents offerings) |
gen. | Taiwan someone whose ancestors had lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang related immigration wave | 本省人 |
comp. | n 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 | ワープロ馬鹿 |
gen. | n someone whose occupation is to cut any type of nail, apply artificial nails or "nail art" and care for nails | ネイリスト |
gen. | n someone whose state is slightly poorer than regular poverty | ビンバー |
pejor. | used to refer to someone whose name is unknown | 権兵衛 |
gen. | adj-f whose existence is determined entirely by | あっての spec1 |
gen. | n woman whose presence seems to cause rain | 雨女 |