次亜塩素酸ソーダ

zi'a'ensosan souda

sodium hypochlorite

自ずと

onozuto

naturally

this threw me at first because the first character is often used in compounds meaning 'self'...

阿多福風邪

otahuku kaze

mumps

Hiro brought this up this morning, said there was an out break in Vancouver. I had never heard the Japanese for it, so I looked it up.

otahuku refers to one of the masks traditionally used in Noh (and now omnipresent as a Japanese souvenir) of a young woman's face with very plump cheeks. Since one of the symptoms of mumps is a swelling of the submaxillary lymph glands and of the cheeks, the Japanese name makes a lot of visual sense. Of course, kaze can refer to any viral infection, and by itself can mean a cold or influenza.

綿密

menmitu

careful, detailed, precise, scrupulous

其れ故

soreyue

therefore (much more written language than spoken)

論証

ronsyou

proof, demonstration

目指

mokusi

aim at, turn a spotlight on

定位

tei'i

orientation, or oriented, as in problem-oriented, which would be 問題定位的 (mondaitei'iteki)

見解

kenkai

point-of-view, opinion

媒介

baikai

intermediary

従事

zyuuzi

to be active in, involved with, pursuing...

珍客

tinkyaku

a welcome guest

驚嘆

kyoutan

surprise, wonderment, awe

石碑

sekihi

this is one of those words where I knew what it was without knowing the word for it, and then when I looked it up, the word I wanted didn't come out...

the dictionary says 'stone monument' and sure enough, that's true.

the concept I had fixed on first was 'plinth' for some reason, but a plinth is just the stone base for a column, usually... then there was 'menhir' but menhirs are rarely carved, and as much as I love that menhir delivery man, Obelix, I decided that 'stela' was more appropriate.

葛藤

kattou
conflict

the more commonly used word for conflict is 紛争 hunsou, but I love this word because it literally means kudzu-wisteria. you envision those two plants trying to choke each other out. a brilliant metaphor!

余儀なくされる

yogi naku sareru
to be forced to do something against your will

在来

zairai
pre-existing

理論

riron
theory
I'm always confusing this with
理論
ronri
logic

and
倫理
rinri
ethics

sigh...

脆弱

seizyaku
frail, brittle, vulnerable

偏在

henzai
uneven distribution, biased distribution

行脚

angyo
pilgrimage
(I never would have guessed the reading for this...)

昇華

syouka
sublimation
I suspect this word also has a Buddhist meaning... the characters literally mean 'rising-flower'...

圃場

hozyou
cultivated land

溜池灌漑

tame'ike kangai
reservoir irrigation (used in farming)

ディスカッサント

a discussant
I admit, I had no idea that this word existed in English. Apparently we have a word that means one who participates in a discussion.

気風

kifuu
ethos, character

伝播

propagation, transmission, relay

(the reading of the second character threw me for a loop. I thought it would be han or ban; it turned out to be pa!)

小作

tenant farmer

家父長制

patriarchal authority
literally, house-father-head-system...
interesting...

温存

preserve, retain

是正

revision, correction

是認

approval