symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
the first and second; a few
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
washing with water; rinsing; flushing
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
common species; cosmopolitan
mochi (glutinous rice or other grain, sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
(United States of) America; USA
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
second; number two; runner-up
multiplication table; times table
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
steamed rice with millet; boiled rice with millet
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
common reed (Phragmites australis)