7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
seven emotions (in The Book of Rites: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, desire); seven emotions (in Buddhism: joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate, desire); seven effects (of a traditional Chinese medicine)
earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
great trouble; difficulty
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece
seven delicious flavors (flavours); blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.); shichimi
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods
celebration of a child's seventh day
seventh day after a person's death; first seven-day period after a person's death; (arch.) seven days; (arch.) one week
sixth anniversary of a death
a wonder lasts but nine days; (lit.) gossip lasts just 75 days
seven lives; seven generations
lantana (plant, flower); hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times
seven-and-five-syllable meter
Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
the Seven Misfortunes; great number of faults or defects
21st day after death; 21st day after birth
qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin; seven-stringed koto
the seven districts of ancient Japan
after age 7, boys and girls should be kept apart
the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three
complete seven-structured temple compound
the seven forms of Avalokitesvara; the seven Avalokitesvaras of Kyoto
seventh anniversary of a death
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
Seven Warring States (Chinese history); Seven Kingdoms
land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent
some habits; some eccentricities
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); the seven delicacies
seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school
heptatonic scale; seven note scale; heptachord
seven disguises of the ninja
type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
cesium 137 (Cs-137); caesium 137
notoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng)
seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)
seven generations of celestial deities
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
seven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian period
Sevener Shiism; branch of Shia Islam
seven styles of tea ceremonies
rugby sevens; seven-a-side rugby
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
the seven orifices of the head (eyes, nostrils, ear canals, mouth)