letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to complain; to make a complaint
writing; composition; essay; sentence
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to complain; to lodge a complaint
undisputed; entirely; perfect
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
additional order; adding to an existing order
set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line
cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm); letter; character
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
demanding; difficult; strict
catchphrase; promotional line; slogan
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
sales message; sales copy
demanding; difficult; strict
written order; order form
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom
very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
temper pattern of a sword blade
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
religious oath in writing; written vow to the gods
three heads are better than two; three ordinary people together have great wisdom; (lit.) if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri
password; secret spell; secret phrase
written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
the early bird gets the worm
straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
order-taking; salesperson
astronomical figure; astronomical number
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate person
special order; custom order
phonetic symbol; phonogram; phonetic script
fingerspelling (in sign language for the deaf); finger alphabet
crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)
written report to the gods; imperial edict; written appeal to a superior
ready-made seal; cheap seal
witty (happy, apt) remark; well-worded saying; epigram; aphorism
Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)
unpatterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); unfigured; plain
orderer; purchaser; customer
astronomical phenomenon; celestial event
hack writer; pulp-writer; penny-a-liner; scribbler
features of the Earth (rivers, mountains, etc.); topography; physiography; physical geography
method of ordering; procedures for ordering
tenmondō (form of astrology)
monme; Edo-period silver coin worth between 1/50th and 1/80th of a ryō
made-to-order production; job order production; production to order
custom-built home; built-to-order house
flat sedge hat; bamboo hat
authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)
straw-rope pattern pottery; Jomon ware
spots; speckles; spotted pattern; mottled pattern
physiography; physical geography
International Astronomical Union: IAU
Charter Oath (of the Meiji Emperor); Five-Point Imperial Covenant; Imperial Oath of Five Articles
Montoku Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
kumon; official documents submitted to the central government (ritsuryō system)
idle words (in a written passage); useless words; empty words
ancient seal-script character
radio astronomy observatory
order history; purchase history
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
warning message; warning label
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)
date of order; purchase date
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Bunten exhibition; annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)
study of historical documents; diplomatics; diplomatic; paleography; palaeography
Institute of Astronomy; IoA
Shuowen Jiezi (first comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters; 121 CE)
the early bird catches the worm
reading kanbun by pronouncing a word with its on reading followed by its kun reading
order to buy or sell; buy-sell order
woven pattern; background pattern (of lacquerware, printed materials, etc.)
consonant (in the Siddham script)
(a) penny store; business on a small scale
Jūmonjigakuen Women's University
pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period)
closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead
market order; order without limit
post-Jōmon period (mainly Hokkaido; 3rd to 7th century BCE); epi-Jōmon period
cross-wise writing; alphabet usually written horizontally
archaeoastronomy; archeoastronomy
archive science; archival studies
archaeoastronomy; archeoastronomy
textbook approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; government-approved textbook
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
bout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy; match that goes according to one's plan
Kumon; Kumon Institute of Education Co., Ltd
Kumon method (of learning)
The Thousand Character Classic
brush-mark pattern (scraped into the surface of earthenware with wood)
shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)
inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware
taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
Polystichum tripteron (species of the wood fern family)
Edo-period office in charge of compiling the traditional calendar, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.
writing (poetry); composing
(ritsuryō system) teacher responsible for training in astronomy, astrology, calendar-making, etc.
confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation