new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
educational endowment insurance
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
written language; literary language; classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese
five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
general anesthesia; general anaesthesia
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
magnetic resonance imaging; MRI
charming; bewitching; coquettish
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
regular game; regular-season game
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
individual match; single game
team competition; team game
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
class-A; A class; A grade
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)