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朝上がり

see styles
 asaagari / asagari
    あさあがり
(rare) rain that stops in the morning

朝熊黄楊

see styles
 asamatsuge; asamatsuge
    あさまつげ; アサマツゲ
(kana only) (rare) (See 黄楊) Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica)

朝鮮文字

see styles
 chousenmoji; chousenmonji / chosenmoji; chosenmonji
    ちょうせんもじ; ちょうせんもんじ
(rare) (See ハングル) Hangul (Korean script)

木暗がり

see styles
 kokuragari
    こくらがり
(rare) darkness under the trees; dark place under the trees

本有観念

see styles
 honyuukannen / honyukannen
    ほんゆうかんねん
(rare) (See 生得観念) innate idea; innate ideas

東洋主義

see styles
 touyoushugi / toyoshugi
    とうようしゅぎ
(rare) (See オリエンタリズム) Orientalism

枝を鋏む

see styles
 edaohasamu
    えだをはさむ
(exp,v5m) (rare) to trim a tree; to prune a tree's branches

柝が入る

see styles
 kigahairu
    きがはいる
(exp,v5r) (rare) clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance)

楔状文字

see styles
 ketsujoumoji / ketsujomoji
    けつじょうもじ
(rare) (See 楔形文字) cuneiform (writing)

極たまに

see styles
 gokutamani
    ごくたまに
(adverb) (kana only) on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

Variations:

榾柮

 hota; hoda
    ほた; ほだ
(rare) kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove

様変わる

see styles
 samagawaru
    さまがわる
(v5r,vi) (rare) (See 様変わり・さまがわり) to change completely; to transform

機械水雷

see styles
 kikaisuirai
    きかいすいらい
(rare) {mil} (See 機雷) (sea) mine

武を練る

see styles
 buoneru
    ぶをねる
(exp,v5r) (rare) to train oneself in military arts

殊勝希有


殊胜希有

see styles
shū shèng xī yǒu
    shu1 sheng4 xi1 you3
shu sheng hsi yu
 shushō keu
excellent and rare

母音交替

see styles
 boinkoutai / boinkotai
    ぼいんこうたい
(1) (rare) ablaut; vowel gradation; apophony; (2) vowel shift

気に召す

see styles
 kinimesu
    きにめす
(exp,v5s) (rare) (See お気に召す) to like; to prefer; to be pleased by

気構える

see styles
 kigamaeru
    きがまえる
(v1,vi) (rare) (See 気構え・1) to prepare oneself

水天循環

see styles
 suitenjunkan
    すいてんじゅんかん
(rare) (See 水循環) hydrologic cycle; water cycle

水母の骨

see styles
 kuragenohone
    くらげのほね
(expression) (rare) (idiom) something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; jellyfish bones

水滑り台

see styles
 mizusuberidai
    みずすべりだい
(rare) (See ウォータースライダー) water slide

水礬土鉱

see styles
 suibandokou / suibandoko
    すいばんどこう
(rare) (See ボーキサイト) bauxite

沅江九肋

see styles
yuán jiāng jiǔ lèi
    yuan2 jiang1 jiu3 lei4
yüan chiang chiu lei
rare talent; lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river

沖縄山芋

see styles
 okinawayamaimo; okinawayamaimo
    おきなわやまいも; オキナワヤマイモ
(rare) (See 大薯) water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam

波乗り板

see styles
 naminoriita / naminorita
    なみのりいた
(rare) (See サーフボード) surfboard

浅学寡聞

see styles
 sengakukabun
    せんがくかぶん
(yoji) (rare) shallow learning and limited information; being ignorant and badly informed

溶岩尖塔

see styles
 yougansentou / yogansento
    ようがんせんとう
(rare) lava spine

火山前線

see styles
 kazanzensen
    かざんぜんせん
(rare) (See 火山フロント) volcanic front

烹炊煙突

see styles
 housuientotsu / hosuientotsu
    ほうすいえんとつ
(rare) (obsolete) galley stovepipe

無上命法

see styles
 mujoumeihou / mujomeho
    むじょうめいほう
(rare) {phil} (See 定言命法) categorical imperative

煙警報器

see styles
 enkeihouki / enkehoki
    えんけいほうき
(rare) (See 煙感知器・けむりかんちき) smoke alarm

物的流通

see styles
 butsutekiryuutsuu / butsutekiryutsu
    ぶつてきりゅうつう
(rare) (See 物流) physical distribution

特性時間

see styles
 tokuseijikan / tokusejikan
    とくせいじかん
(rare) characteristic time; (estimate of) typical reaction, etc. time

独居監房

see styles
 dokkyokanbou / dokkyokanbo
    どっきょかんぼう
(rare) (See 独房) single-person cell; solitary cell; isolation cell; solitary confinement cell

猟奇文学

see styles
 ryoukibungaku / ryokibungaku
    りょうきぶんがく
(rare) bizarre literature; literature of the bizarre

獅子に鰭

see styles
 shishinihire
    ししにひれ
(expression) (idiom) (rare) making something strong even stronger; (giving) fins to a lion

珍しもの

see styles
 mezurashimono
    めずらしもの
rare item; unusual item

珍らしい

see styles
 mezurashii / mezurashi
    めずらしい
(irregular okurigana usage) (adjective) (1) unusual; rare; curious; (2) new; novel; (3) fine (e.g. gift)

珍味佳肴

see styles
 chinmikakou / chinmikako
    ちんみかこう
(yoji) rare delicacies; rare treat

珍禽奇獸


珍禽奇兽

see styles
zhēn qín qí shòu
    zhen1 qin2 qi2 shou4
chen ch`in ch`i shou
    chen chin chi shou
rare animals and birds

環状石籬

see styles
 kanjousekiri / kanjosekiri
    かんじょうせきり
(rare) (See ストーンサークル) stone circle

生き如来

see styles
 ikinyorai
    いきにょらい
(rare) (See 生き仏・1) living Buddha; saintly Buddhist monk

生希有心

see styles
shēng xī yǒu xīn
    sheng1 xi1 you3 xin1
sheng hsi yu hsin
 shō keu shin
to give rise to a rare state of mind

甲羅干し

see styles
 kouraboshi / koraboshi
    こうらぼし
(1) basking (of animals with a shell or carapace, esp. turtles); (2) (rare) sunbathing on one's stomach

男の節句

see styles
 otokonosekku
    おとこのせっく
(exp,n) (rare) (See 端午・1) Boys' Day celebration (May 5)

異方性度

see styles
 ihouseido / ihosedo
    いほうせいど
(rare) fractional anisotropy; FA

発見時代

see styles
 hakkenjidai
    はっけんじだい
(rare) (hist) (See 大航海時代) Age of Discovery

百舌勘定

see styles
 mozukanjou / mozukanjo
    もずかんじょう
(yoji) (rare) splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill

盧舎那仏

see styles
 rushanabutsu
    るしゃなぶつ
(rare) (See 毘盧遮那仏) Vairocana-Buddha

盲亀浮木

see styles
 moukifuboku / mokifuboku
    もうきふぼく
(yoji) {Buddh} (See 盲亀の浮木) unlikely event; rare occurrence

直接分裂

see styles
 chokusetsubunretsu
    ちょくせつぶんれつ
(rare) (See 無糸分裂) direct division (i.e. amitosis)

直覚主義

see styles
 chokkakushugi
    ちょっかくしゅぎ
(rare) (See 直観主義) intuitionism

相互いに

see styles
 aitagaini
    あいたがいに
(adverb) (rare) (See 互いに・たがいに) mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

短慮軽率

see styles
 tanryokeisotsu / tanryokesotsu
    たんりょけいそつ
(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) (rare) impulsive and imprudent; rash and unthinking

砒化水素

see styles
 hikasuiso
    ひかすいそ
(rare) (See アルシン) arsine

磁気能率

see styles
 jikinouritsu / jikinoritsu
    じきのうりつ
(rare) {physics} (See 磁気モーメント) magnetic moment

神仏隔離

see styles
 shinbutsukakuri
    しんぶつかくり
(hist) (rare) separation of Buddhism and Shintoism

秋の暮れ

see styles
 akinokure
    あきのくれ
(1) (rare) autumn dusk; (2) the end of autumn

秋霖前線

see styles
 shuurinzensen / shurinzensen
    しゅうりんぜんせん
(rare) (See 秋雨前線) autumn rain front; fall rain front

秋風の月

see styles
 akikazenotsuki
    あきかぜのつき
(rare) (See 葉月) eighth lunar month

稀に見る

see styles
 marenimiru
    まれにみる
(exp,adj-f) rare; extraordinary; singular

稀土元素

see styles
xī tǔ yuán sù
    xi1 tu3 yuan2 su4
hsi t`u yüan su
    hsi tu yüan su
rare earth element (chemistry)

稀土金屬


稀土金属

see styles
xī tǔ jīn shǔ
    xi1 tu3 jin1 shu3
hsi t`u chin shu
    hsi tu chin shu
rare earth element

稀有元素

see styles
xī yǒu yuán sù
    xi1 you3 yuan2 su4
hsi yu yüan su
(chemistry) rare element

稀有氣體


稀有气体

see styles
xī yǒu qì tǐ
    xi1 you3 qi4 ti3
hsi yu ch`i t`i
    hsi yu chi ti
rare gas; noble gas (chemistry)

空谷足音

see styles
kōng gǔ zú yīn
    kong1 gu3 zu2 yin1
k`ung ku tsu yin
    kung ku tsu yin
lit. the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom); fig. something hard to come by; something wonderful and rare

窃盗強迫

see styles
 settoukyouhaku / settokyohaku
    せっとうきょうはく
(rare) (See 盗癖) kleptomania

竹節人参

see styles
 chikusetsuninjin
    ちくせつにんじん
(rare) (See 栃葉人参) Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)

笈を負う

see styles
 kyuuoou / kyuoo
    きゅうをおう
(exp,v5u) (idiom) (rare) to leave one's hometown to study; to carry a case of books

第一希有

see styles
dì yī xī yǒu
    di4 yi1 xi1 you3
ti i hsi yu
 daiichi keu
most rare

筋性歯痛

see styles
 kinseishitsuu / kinseshitsu
    きんせいしつう
(rare) muscular toothache

箪食瓢飲

see styles
 tanshihyouin / tanshihyoin
    たんしひょういん
(rare) (yoji) (from the Analects of Confucius) simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

米式蹴球

see styles
 beishikishuukyuu / beshikishukyu
    べいしきしゅうきゅう
(rare) (See アメリカンフットボール) American football

精霊主義

see styles
 seireishugi / sereshugi
    せいれいしゅぎ
(rare) (See スピリティズム) spiritism

糸球体嚢

see styles
 shikyuutainou / shikyutaino
    しきゅうたいのう
(rare) (See ボーマン嚢) glomerular capsule

素性文字

see styles
 soseimoji / sosemoji
    そせいもじ
(rare) {ling} featural script (e.g. hangul); featural writing system

素敵滅法

see styles
 sutekimeppou / sutekimeppo
    すてきめっぽう
(adjectival noun) (rare) very lovely; extremely nice; absolutely wonderful; truly splendid

紡績突起

see styles
 bousekitokki / bosekitokki
    ぼうせきとっき
(rare) (See 出糸突起) spinneret (of a spider)

紫蒲公英

see styles
 murasakitanpopo
    むらさきたんぽぽ
(kana only) (rare) (See 千本槍) Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)

縮こめる

see styles
 chijikomeru
    ちぢこめる
(transitive verb) (rare) (See 縮こまる・ちぢこまる) to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)

繊維素原

see styles
 senisogen
    せんいそげん
(rare) (See フィブリノーゲン) fibrinogen

習得観念

see styles
 shuutokukannen / shutokukannen
    しゅうとくかんねん
(rare) (See 生得観念) acquired idea (as opposed to innate); acquired ideas

翻然悔悟

see styles
fān rán huǐ wù
    fan1 ran2 hui3 wu4
fan jan hui wu
 honzenkaigo
    ほんぜんかいご
to see the error of one's ways; to make a clean break with one's past
(vs,vi) (rare) to feel sudden remorse

老成円熟

see styles
 rouseienjuku / roseenjuku
    ろうせいえんじゅく
(rare) (yoji) experience that comes with age

耳鼻科学

see styles
 jibikagaku
    じびかがく
(rare) otolaryngology; otorhinology

聞所未聞


闻所未闻

see styles
wén suǒ wèi wén
    wen2 suo3 wei4 wen2
wen so wei wen
unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event

股座膏薬

see styles
 mataguragouyaku; matagurakouyaku / mataguragoyaku; matagurakoyaku
    またぐらごうやく; またぐらこうやく
(rare) (See 内股膏薬) double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict

自己関手

see styles
 jikokanshu
    じこかんしゅ
(rare) {math;comp} endofunctor

致死因子

see styles
 chishiinshi / chishinshi
    ちしいんし
(rare) (See 致死遺伝子) lethal factor; lethal gene

色度測定

see styles
 shikidosokutei / shikidosokute
    しきどそくてい
(rare) colorimetry

艶笑文学

see styles
 enshoubungaku / enshobungaku
    えんしょうぶんがく
(rare) humorous erotic literature

花の下紐

see styles
 hananoshitahimo
    はなのしたひも
(poetic term) (rare) (See つぼみ・1) flower bud

花めくり

see styles
 hanamekuri
    はなめくり
(rare) (See 花札) hanafuda

花火線香

see styles
 hanabisenkou / hanabisenko
    はなびせんこう
(rare version) (See 線香花火) toy fireworks; sparklers

荒神目抜

see styles
 koujinmenuke; koujinmenuke / kojinmenuke; kojinmenuke
    こうじんめぬけ; コウジンメヌケ
(kana only) (rare) (See 大佐賀) Sebastes iracundus (species of rockfish)

菩提薩埵


菩提萨埵

see styles
pú tí sà duǒ
    pu2 ti2 sa4 duo3
p`u t`i sa to
    pu ti sa to
 bodaisatta
    ぼだいさった
(rare) {Buddh} (See 菩薩・1) bodhisattva
bodhisattva, a being of enlightenment: 'one whose essence is wisdom': 'one who has bodhi or perfect wisdom as his essence,' M. W. Also 菩提索多 v. 菩薩.

落花啼鳥

see styles
 rakkateichou / rakkatecho
    らっかていちょう
(expression) (rare) (yoji) the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping)

蘚苔植物

see styles
 sentaishokubutsu
    せんたいしょくぶつ
(rare) (See コケ植物) bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)

蝉の羽月

see styles
 seminohazuki
    せみのはづき
(rare) (See 水無月・1) sixth lunar month

行端揃え

see styles
 gyoutanzoroe; gyoutansoroe / gyotanzoroe; gyotansoroe
    ぎょうたんぞろえ; ぎょうたんそろえ
(rare) {print} (See 両端揃え) full justification

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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