Kanji vocabulary index, page 893 of 1688

Every kanji vocabulary entry in the Kumi dictionary, in stable order. 168,790 entries total.

• 禁煙区域no smoking area
• 帰島return to an island
• 進行方向direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
• 笑う門には福来るlaugh and grow fat; good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
• 渡る世間に鬼はないall people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone; there is kindness to be found everywhere
• 渡りに船godsend; lifesaver; timely offer
• 包括委任状general power of attorney
• 植物種属botanical genus
• 論語読みの論語知らずknowing a theory without being able to apply it
• 梁上の君子thief
• 洛陽の紙価を高めるto be favorably received and sell extremely well (of a book); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang
• 苦は楽の種one cannot have pleasure without pain; no pain, no gain
• 楽は苦の種、苦は楽の種there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain
• 欲に目がくらむto be blinded by greed
• 雪に白鷺something indistinguishable or indistinct (like an egret in the snow)
• 闇夜の鉄砲aimless attempt; shot in the dark; crapshoot
• 闇夜の礫aimless attempt; crapshoot; shot in the dark
• 山高きが故に貴からずdon't judge a book by its cover; a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high
• 病は気からsickness and health start with the mind
• 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬa fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loaches under the willow tree
• 柳に雪折れなしthe soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow
• 焼け野の雉夜の鶴parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)
• 安物買いの銭失いyou get what you pay for; wasting money on a cheap item
• 焼け石に水a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise
• 桃栗三年柿八年it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
• 一年の計は元旦にありthe whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
• オヤジ狩りstreet violence against middle-aged men
• 甲の薬は乙の毒one man's meat is another man's poison; one man's medicine is another man's poison
• 手前定規self-serving logic
• 持ち金money possessed
• 注射を打つto inject with a syringe
• 労働集約産業labour intensive industry
• 資本集約capital intensive
• 労働集約labour intensive
• 切なるeager; earnest; ardent
• 本木にまさる末木なしof soup and love, the first is the best; one's first spouse tends to be better than any subsequent spouse
• 末木treetop
• 元の鞘に収まるto bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled
• 冠するto crown; to cap
• 沐猴にして冠すto only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown
• 沐猴monkey
• 良薬は口に苦しthe most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; good medicine tastes bitter
• 目は口ほどに物を言うone can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul
• 目の上のこぶa thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance
• 目の上のたんこぶa thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way
• 胸に一物machination; secret plan; plot
• 目には目を歯には歯をan eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
• 駆け込み乗車rushing to get on the train (bus, etc.) before the door closes
• ミニ新幹線mini-shinkansen
• 機内持ち込みcarry-on (luggage)
• 痴漢行為groping; molestation
• 防衛策defensive measure; defense plan
• 優先座席priority seating
• 炭素中立carbon neutrality
• 研究熱心of inquiring mind; eager to study; enthusiastic in studying
• 筋が通るto make sense; to be consistent; to be logical
• 筋が立つto make sense; to be consistent
• 新規雇用new jobs
• 抜け抜けfreely; impudently; brazenly
• 残渣dregs; sediment; residue
• を巡ってconcerning ...; over ...; about ...
• ウ音便euphonic change wherein some mora ('ku', 'gu', 'hi', 'bi' and 'mi') are pronounced 'u'
• イ音便euphonic change wherein some mora ('ki', 'gi', 'shi' and 'ri') are pronounced 'i'
• 回し車(hamster) wheel
• 残菜kitchen waste; vegetable scraps
• 足ひれswimfin; (diving) fin; (diving) flipper
• 発育発達physical growth and development
• 釣り人angler
• 杜仲茶Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure)
• 杜仲hardy rubber tree (near-threatened species often used in Chinese medicine, Eucommia ulmoides)
• トチュウ科Eucommiaceae (monotypic plant family containing only the hardy rubber tree)
• 金の切れ目が縁の切れ目relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends; the relationship ends when the money runs out; the end of money is the end of love
• 一択(only) one option; one possible choice
• 一般ピープルordinary people
• 黒い雨black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
• 臨床心理士clinical psychologist; clinical psychotherapist
• 出世物語success story
• 霜降り作りfish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
• 日本赤軍Japanese Red Army; JRA
• 予想日forecasted day (of cherry blossom blooming, etc.)
• 武装組織armed organization
• 陰圧negative pressure
• 人の口what people say; rumours; public opinion
• 人の口には戸が立てられないyou can't control what people say; you can't stop rumours (rumors)
• 赤鰈flathead flounder (Hippoglossoides dubius)
• 赤珊瑚red coral (Corallium japonicum)
• 赤鹿red deer (Cervus elaphus)
• 超常現象supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
• 赤花willowherb (Epilobium pyrricholophum)
• 特殊急襲部隊Special Assault Team; SAT
• 連合赤軍Coalition Red Army (defunct Japanese armed militant group)
• 示談交渉settlement negotiation (insurance)
• 必達certain fulfilment; reaching a goal without fail
• 企業の社会的責任corporate social responsibility; CSR
• 木彫り職人woodcarver
• 木彫師wood sculptor; woodcarver
• 保険証明書insurance certificate
• 万聖節All Saints' Day; All Hallows' Day
• 日本主義Japanism; Japanese nationalistic ideological movement
• 自然体natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance