[宁可 / 寧可, nìng kě, ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄜˇ]preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils#10967[Add to Longdo]
[宁缺毋滥 / 寧缺毋濫, nìng quē wú làn, ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˊ ㄌㄢˋ]better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (成语 saw); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option#46794[Add to Longdo]
[汶上, Wèn shàng, ㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄤˋ](N) Wenshang (place in Shandong); classically, upper reaches of Wen river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国#125276[Add to Longdo]
[乐经 / 樂經, yuè jīng, ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄥ]Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Add to Longdo]
[双链核酸 / 雙鏈核酸, shuāng liàn hé suān, ㄕㄨㄤ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ]double chain nucleic acid (refer to the double helix DNA as opposed to single chain 單鏈|单链 RNA[Add to Longdo]
[かれ, kare](n) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1, 此れ・1, 其れ・1) that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly); (2) that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors); (3) (arch) over there; (4) (あれ only) (col) down there (i.e. one's genitals); (5) (あれ only) (col) period; menses; (int) (6) hey (expression of surprise or suspicion); eh?; (n) (7) that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time); (P)#451[Add to Longdo]
[つま, tsuma](n) (1) (妻, 夫 only) (usu. 妻) wife; (2) (妻, 夫 only) (arch) dear (formerly used by romantically linked men and women to refer to one another); (3) (uk) garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); (4) (uk) embellishment; (P)#991[Add to Longdo]
[ねえさん(P);あねさん, neesan (P); anesan](n) (1) (hon) (usu. 姉さん) elder sister; (2) (vocative) young lady; (3) (usu. 姐さん) miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); (4) (usu. 姐さん) ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors); (P)#11025[Add to Longdo]
[えびす, ebisu](n) (1) (arch) (See 蝦夷) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); (3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); (4) (derog) foreigner; barbarian#13165[Add to Longdo]
[あれら, arera](n, adj-no) (1) (uk) (See 彼・あれ・1) those (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener, or something understood without naming it directly); (2) (arch) they (of people) (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)#19705[Add to Longdo]
[おねえさん, oneesan](n) (1) (hon) (usu. お姉さん) (See 姉さん) elder sister; (2) (vocative) young lady; (3) (usu. お姐さん) miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); (4) (usu. お姐さん) ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors); (P)[Add to Longdo]
[chon](n) (1) (vulg) (sl) abusive term used to refer to Koreans; (2) (original meaning) idiot; (3) Korean currency unit (1-100 of a won)[Add to Longdo]
[えじ;えいし, eji ; eishi](n) (1) soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.; (2) term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system; (3) guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there[Add to Longdo]
[くる, kuru](v5r, vt) (1) to reel; to wind; to spin (thread); (2) to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia); (3) to count (e.g. the days); (4) to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters); (P)[Add to Longdo]
[おかみ, okami](n) (1) (hon) Emperor; (2) (hon) authorities; government; (3) (also 女将) term used to refer to a woman running a restaurant, inn, etc.; landlady; (4) (hon) your wife; his wife; madam[Add to Longdo]
[どぶくりょう, dobukuryou](n) (obsc) (See 山帰来) Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine)[Add to Longdo]
[なんばん, nanban](n) (1) (arch) (derog) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (2) (arch) South-East Asia; (3) (arch) (See 紅毛・2) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); (pref) (4) exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (n) (5) (usu.ナンバ) (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); (6) (abbr) (See 南蛮煮・なんばんに・2) food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[ひゃくにちかずら;ひゃくにちかつら, hyakunichikazura ; hyakunichikatsura](n) long-haired wig used in kabuki (used metaphorically to refer to a thick growth)[Add to Longdo]