noun / ~する noun:

• Galapagosization; widespread design of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species

noun:

• property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it ➜ 特別地方公共団体【とくべつちほうこうきょうだんたい】

noun:

• Lagomorpha; order of rabbits, hares and pikas

noun:

• complete mastery of or over; at one's beck and call

noun:

• elegant; handsome and refined

noun:

• the hole (between third and short); area between the third baseman and shortstop - Baseball term

noun:

• forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal - four character idiom

noun:

• garden; trees and flowers in a garden

noun:

• Board of Retainers; Kamakura- and Muromachi-period government office - esp. さむらいどころ
• samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods) - esp. さぶらいどころ

noun:

• Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)

noun:

• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ➜ 清談

noun:

• a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place) - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• looking on with surprise; surprised and changing one's expression

noun:

• Protectorate General; Han- and Tang-period Chinese office established to pacify and control peoples on the frontier (during the Tang period, six major Protectorate Generals were established) ➜ 都護・西域都護府・安東都護府・安南都護府・安西都護府・燕然都護府・単于都護府・北庭都護府

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun:

• ground soup; ground seafood, beans, nuts, etc. seasoned and mixed with broth - Food term

noun:

• being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another - four character idiom

noun:

• oleochemistry; oil and fat chemistry

noun:

• sommelier (sommeliere); waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine - From French

noun:

• licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney

godan ~す verb:

• to say repeatedly (often by many people); to say over and over again

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to gain on (someone); to run (someone) close

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to escape; to run away

noun:

• Foreign Exchange Control Law; Foreign Exchange and Foreign Control Trade Law - abbreviation

noun:

• maintenance checkup; maintenance and inspection