enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
ten; 10; ten years of age
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
dozens; scores of; decades
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
tenth day of the month; ten days
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
few decades; many decades; several decades
100,000; hundred thousand
cross; crossed; cruciform
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
24 hours; twenty-four hours
ten (long cylindrical things)
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
age thirty; one's thirties
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
180 degrees; complete change
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
the 10 precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog
forty-ninth day after a person's death
several men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; everyone has his own interests and ideas; different strokes for different folks
lack of evidence; insufficient evidence
second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division
six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older
babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)
fiftieth day after the birth of a child; fifty days
800,000; eight hundred thousand
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
the twelve divine generals (of Bhaisajyaguru)
to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden
ten best people (in a particular field)
being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up and down); all directions; everywhere
standard gojūon syllabary order (aiueo, etc.)
13th day (of the moon); the night of the 13th day of 9th lunar month
a wonder lasts but nine days; (lit.) gossip lasts just 75 days
to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
the 48 basic techniques; every trick in the book; the 48 basic sexual positions
artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit
early-modern men's jacket resembling a haori; ten virtues; many merits
without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end
winding; meandering; sinuous; zigzag
Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
D-pad (directional keypad on a video game game controller, remote control, etc.)
house mouse (Mus musculus)
the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)
ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day
constellations of the zodiac
eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
12th anniversary of one's death
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month); moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month
shoulder pain (at about age forty)
66-odd provinces of old Japan; (lit.) 60-odd states
the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
multipurpose knife; Swiss Army knife
24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons
the twelve gates of Heian's greater palace
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
the eighties (age, years, etc.)
the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)
Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
stiff shoulders (usu. owing to age); frozen shoulder
to number more than ten; to be numerous
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect)
swastika (in its clockwise form, esp. as a Nazi symbol)
16th anniversary of one's death
twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity
winding; meandering; sinuous; zigzag
crossroads; street crossing
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
twelve signs of the zodiac
an old woman's gray hair; old woman with white hair
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
sixteenth note; semiquaver
the ten good acts; the emperor
festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce
International Committee of the Red Cross
radish (Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Seventeen-Article Constitution (of Asuka-period Japan)
Twelfth Night; Epiphany Eve
Bengalese finch; society finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica)
decimal classification; Dewey (decimal) classification
88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)
soba made with only buckwheat flour
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
the ten great disciples (of Buddha)
Japanese tit (Parus minor); Oriental tit
Rosicrucian; Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)
The Seventeen-Article Constitution
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
worlds of the ten directions
ten great disciples (e.g. of Basho, Confucius, etc.)
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
veteran player; experienced player; veteran (at a job)
decimal; decimal digit; decimal number
220th day; end of the storm period
repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)
decennial; recurring every ten years
Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three
necessary and sufficient condition
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
ousting of vice-minister Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters from the Meiji government (1881)
Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)
having great (impressive, commanding) presence; having an air of importance; having enough gravity for (a position)
turning thirty and therefore becoming independent; at thirty, one stands on one's own
Nippon Decimal Classification; Nippon Decimal System (of book classification)
something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth
Collections of the Twenty-One Eras; twenty-one collections of waka compiled by imperial command (early Heian to early Muromachi)
narrow escape from the jaws of death; there being barely a chance of escaping death
twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)
32nd anniversary of death
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (of China; 907-979)
ten important Rinzai temples, second in significance to the Kyoto Gozan
Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)
type of illegal loan charging 10% interest every 10 days; dealt hand consisting of 1-point cards and one single 10-point card
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
anterior cruciate ligament; ACL
thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 at Nagasaki
the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)
the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history
thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
decennial; recurring every ten years
green cross (safety symbol)
lost decade (esp. of Japan, 1992-2002); decade of economic stagnation
kanji "twenty legs" radical (radical 55)
even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
January; (lit.) 13th month
duodecimal system; base twelve system
eighteen components of perception (six sense objects, six sense faculties, six sense consciousnesses)
decennial; recurring every ten years
dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
beginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
at age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven
at age forty, one has no doubts
Seishun 18 ticket; seasonally available railway ticket for 5 days of unlimited travel on non-Shinkansen JR trains
lost twenty years; period of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991 and not over in the 2010s
soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)
age eighty; one's eighties
the thirty guardian deities (a different one for each day)
ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
anterior cruciate ligament; ACL
winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Ekadasamukha (eleven-faced Avalokitesvara)
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
age seventy; one's seventies
refreshing rain once in ten days
32nd note; demisemiquaver
swastika (in its clockwise form, esp. as a Nazi symbol)
a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)
two highest ranked wrestlers in juryo division
ten disciples of Confucius
twelve meridians (in acupuncture, etc.)
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
the Japanese syllabary table
decennial; recurring every ten years
ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)
Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books
the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period
Decapoda (the order of crustaceans including shrimp and crabs)
seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings
twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities
decennial; recurring every ten years
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods
wrestler newly promoted to juryo division
just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)
eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
swastika (in its clockwise form, esp. as a Nazi symbol)
decennial; recurring every ten years
Seishun 18 ticket; seasonally available railway ticket for 5 days of unlimited travel on non-Shinkansen JR trains
cesium 137 (Cs-137); caesium 137
24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans 24-Hour Race
24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans 24-Hour Race
28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
carbon-14 dating; radiocarbon dating
the Double Tenth; October 10th Chinese national holiday
64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver
operating on a ten-minute schedule
double-crosspiece cross (symbol for tuberculosis prevention)
referee officiating the second highest division
wrestler re-promoted to juryo division
10 year career in the highest division is enough for anyone
Men seldom live to be seventy (Du Fu (c.712-c.770)); Few people live to be seventy
the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar
bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness; strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail
grudge of ten years' standing; harbouring a grudge for many years
outstanding reading ability; (lit.) one glance, ten lines
days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)
age twenty; one's twenties
age ninety; one's nineties
34 (originally 33) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture
thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)
the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
decimal to binary conversion
binary-coded decimal code
binary coded decimal; BCD
binary-coded decimal representation
binary-coded decimal notation
unpacked decimal notation
decimal classification system
life is short; (lit.) life is just fifty years
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; (lit.) fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow
October Revolution (Russia, 1917); German Revolution (1918-1919)
36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)
type of bronze Chinese coin first issued under Emperor Yuan of the Southern Liang dynasty worth the value of ten iron coins
Twenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan)
eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)
eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)
many gods; many deities; many kami
seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace
rice gruel served in temples for ten-night memorial services
Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda); twelve causal links
pika (rabbit-like animal of family Ochotonidae)
cross-head screw; Phillips-head screw; Phillips screw
cross-head screw; Phillips-head screw; Phillips screw
cross-head screw; Phillips-head screw; Phillips screw
Christmas blues; holiday stress (during December)
Northern Cross (asterism)
Twelver Shiism (branch of Shia Islam)
thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile
thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile
every person has their eccentricities
every person has their eccentricities
you're never too old to learn
celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child
mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day
new moon; lunar phase when the moon is completely invisible
willow tit (Parus montanus)
scoring combination consisting of sixteen 1-point cards
many torrents; many rapids
an old man is twice a child
suspensory muscle of the duodenum; musculus suspensorius duodeni
Tōkaichiba Station (Kanagawa)
Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)
Polystichum tripteron (species of the wood fern family)
angled luffa (Luffa acutangula); Chinese okra; dish cloth gourd; ridged gourd; sponge gourd; vegetable gourd
mission golden-eyed tree frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix); Amazon milk frog; blue milk frog