letter (of alphabet); character; writing
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
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
undisputed; entirely; perfect
to complain; to lodge a complaint
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
straight; as the crow flies
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
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
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
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
demanding; difficult; strict
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
sales message; sales copy
catchphrase; promotional line; slogan
written order; order form
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
demanding; difficult; strict
Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
religious oath in writing; written vow to the gods
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
three heads are better than two; (lit.) if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri
password; secret spell; secret phrase
temper pattern of a sword blade
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
the early bird gets the worm
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
order-taking; salesperson
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate person
astronomical figure; astronomical number
special order; custom order; bespoke (goods)
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
phonetic symbol; phonogram; phonetic script
ready-made seal; cheap seal
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)
witty (happy, apt) remark; well-worded saying; epigram; aphorism
unpatterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); unfigured; plain
astronomical phenomenon; celestial event
physiography; physiographical features
method of ordering; procedures for ordering
custom-built home; built-to-order house
monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
flat sedge hat; bamboo hat
authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)
straw-rope pattern pottery; Jomon ware
made-to-order production; job order production; production to order
Charter Oath (of the Meiji Emperor); Five-Point Imperial Covenant; Imperial Oath of Five Articles
speckles; spotted pattern
idle words (in a written passage); useless words; empty words
Montoku Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
kumon; official documents submitted to the central government (ritsuryo system)
radio astronomy observatory
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)
warning message; warning label
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
Bunten exhibition; annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)
(historical) government office
study of historical documents; diplomatics; diplomatic; paleography; palaeography
the early bird catches the worm
order to buy or sell; buy-sell order
consonant (in the Siddham script)
(a) penny store; business on a small scale
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 BC); epi-Jōmon period
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cross-wise writing; alphabet usually written horizontally
archaeoastronomy; archeoastronomy
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 method (of learning)
shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)
inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware, etc.
ancient seal-script character
tao-tie engraving; figure of a creature of Chinese mythology engraved on bronze ware during the Yin-Chou dynasty
Polystichum tripteron (species of the wood fern family)
Edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.
writing (poetry); composing
(ritsuryo 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