crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
viceroy; governor-general
empress dowager; queen mother
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
Queen Mother; Empress Dowager
to give the stamp of approval
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
investiture of the Crown Prince
the Moon; the greater yin (in yin-yang)
Grand Eunuch (former Chinese government title); (arch.) eunuch
sunlight; rays of the Sun
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
solar energy; solar power
walleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma); Alaska pollack; walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
taijitu; cosmic dual forces symbol; yin-yang symbol
Venus (planet); thick silk thread; refined sugar; white rice jelly; variety of sweet potato
very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
founder; progenitor; emperor
trans-Pacific; trans-Pacific crossing
Taisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi; (arch.) Jupiter (planet)
Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
salted cod roe flavored with red pepper
investiture of the Crown Prince
Pacific high; Pacific anticyclone
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nationwide land survey (1582 CE)
great mountain; large mountain
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
the sky; the universe; taixu (the great vacuity, in Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)
islands of the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Islands
eldest grandson of an Emperor in the line of descent
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
taiko drumming; taiko drummer; Laccotrephes japonensis (species of water scorpion)
solar thermal power generation
heliocentric orbit; circumsolar orbit
circum-Pacific volcanic belt; Ring of Fire
orrery (mechanical model of the solar system)
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
Pacific Standard Time; PST
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
trans-Neptunian object; transneptunian object; TNO
world peace; everyone living peacefully together
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
Great Pacific garbage patch; GPGP
imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
Sunshine Policy (South Korean policy of engaging with North Korea)
Taegukgi; national flag of South Korea
drum signalling end of a performance
Pacific Time (US time zone)
ceremony of installing a Crown Prince
North Pacific high; North Pacific anticyclone
free and open Indo-Pacific; FOIP
transit (of a planet) over the Sun
taishiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; APEC
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council; PECC
dye-sensitized solar cell; DSSC
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
drumming style used to announce bouts
extrasolar planet; exoplanet
circum-Pacific seismic zone; circum-Pacific earthquake belt
light pressure (from the sun)
Pan-Pacific concept; Pacific Rim concept
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
solar telescope; helioscope
organic thin-film solar cell; plastic solar cell
very large float used to carry taiko at festivals
solar tide (tides caused by the Sun)
lunar tide (tide caused by the Moon)
(in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E); first lunar month
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
sunbird (any bird in the family Nectariniidae)
sunset morpho (butterfly, Morpho hecuba)
Andrews' beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)
Tai'an Station (Shenzhen)