Marco Polo Bridge (China)
Yamashita Yasuhiro (1957.6-)
counter for wheels and flowers
Japanese Olympic Committee
Kanou Jigorou (1860.12.10-1938.5.4)
torchbearer (esp. Olympic); flame-bearer
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
to talk big; to be bombastic
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
outer gardens of Meiji Shrine
Imperial reign; Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
defence expenditure; defense expenditure; defence cost; defense cost
Olympic village; athlete's village
to cook (something) with rice
smoothly; frictionlessly; easily
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
eating only a little; having a small appetite
Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
International Olympic Committee; IOC; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; IOC; input-output controller; IOC
Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
cerebral hemorrhage; cerebral haemorrhage
place where a meeting (conference, etc.) is held; venue
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives
to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
general manager; general superintendent; general director (of a film, etc.)
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)