迷路炎

【めいじえん】(meijien)
labyrinthitis


迷路 (meiro) maze

迷 — confuse, lead astray (O'Neill 781)

路 — road, route (O'Neill 677)

炎 — flame, postfix indicating inflammatory disease (O'Neill 1727)

暮色

【ぼしょく】
(n) dusk; twilight scene

暮 — live, make a living; grow dark, end (O'Neill 1140)

色 — colour, passion (O'Neill 241)

団子

【だんご】
(n) dumpling (sweet)

団 group, troupe (O'Neill 243)

子 child (O'Neill 61)

Also: お団子 double-bun hairstyle

空母【くうぼ】kuuba
aircraft carrier

空 sky, empty (O'Neill 184)

母 mother (O'Neill 89)

風葬【ふうそう】

burial (disposal of a body) by exposure to the elements; aerial sepulture

風 — wind (O'Neill 134)

葬 — bury (O'Neill 1593)

...my dear doctor." The definitive guide to word-balloons.

仙郷、仙境【せんきょう】
fairyland; enchanted land

仙 — hermit, mystic (O'Neill 1959)

郷 — village, native place (O'Neill 1165)

境 — boundary, border, mental state (O'Neill 751)


This entry inspired by the NASA mapping of Titan.

熔岩【ようがん】
(n) lava

熔　（ヨウ，と（火す））melt (O'Neill 1517)

岩　（ガン，いわ）rock, crag (O'Neill 821)


Bonus katakana: パホイホイ
(n) Pahoehoe, a basaltic lava hardened into a glassy, wrinkled finish

多分 【たぶん】

(adv,n) (1) perhaps; probably; (adj-na,adj-no) (2) generous; many; much; great

多 Many, plentiful (O'Neill 181)

分 Share, lot (O'Neill 35)

浮世絵【うきよえ】
(n) ukiyoe (colour print of everyday life in the Edo period)

浮 float (O'Neill 991)

世 world, age, reign, generation (O'Neill 177)

絵 picture (O'Neill 380)

昔昔【むかしむかし】mukashi mukashi
(n-t) long ago; once upon a time

昔 olden days, former times (O'Neill 988)

水素【すいそ】
(n) hydrogen

水 water (O'Neill 16)

素 simple, plain; origin (O'Neill 797)

過ち【あやまち】
(n) fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

過 mistake (O'Neill 368)

Also:

誤ち【あやまち】
(n) fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

誤 mistake, be mistaken (O'Neill 602)

弁慶の泣き所【べんけいのなきどころ】benkeinonakidokoro
(n) one's weak point; shin

弁慶【べんけい】
(n) strong man

弁 discriminate, speech, petal, braid (O'Neill 513)

慶 rejoice, congratulate (O'Neill 1033)

泣き所【なきどころ】
(n) weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel

泣 cry, weep (O'Neill 1049)

所 place (O'Neill 137)

社会正義 【しゃかいせいぎ】 shakai seigi

Social justice


社会 【しゃかい】 shakai

(n) society; public

社 association (O'Neill 203)

会 meeting, society (O'Neill 116)


正義 【せいぎ】 seigi

(n) justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning

正 correct (O'Neill 123)

義 justice, integrity, loyalty (O'Neill 244)


Today's word inspired by this comment on Boingboing, by Jake Adelstein:

In Japanese, a lot of reporters talk about journalism as a force for bringing about 社会正義　(social justice). It's said so often that it's almost kind of a joke. Like you'll be going out to get a cup of coffee, another reporter will ask you, "hey why are you going out for coffee now" and you might smart back, ”社会正義のためだ” (for the sake of social justice). Well, it gets laughs in Japanese.

Mimikaki (耳掻き【みみかき】)

(n,vs) (1) earpick; (2) ear cleaning

耳 Ear (O'Neill 107)

掻く To scratch, sweat or paddle

Tachikurami, 立ち暗み
(n) giddiness (from standing up too fast)

立, stand (O'Neill 72)
暗, dark (O'Neill 576)