order (for an item); request; demand; condition
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
religious oath in writing; written vow to the gods
unpatterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); unfigured; plain
tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
physiography; physiographical features
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
consonant (in the Siddham script)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
speckles; spotted pattern
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
wind-wrought pattern on the sands
temper pattern of a sword blade
password; secret spell; secret phrase
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
shrine crest; shrine emblem
crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)
authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)
eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
ringed seal (Pusa hispida)
Montoku Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
crest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono); figured habutae
informal family crest; auxiliary crest
American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)
coloured family crest (popular amongst people from Kaga)
tao-tie engraving; figure of a creature of Chinese mythology engraved on bronze ware during the Yin-Chou dynasty
closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead
inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware, etc.
European hornet (Vespa crabro)
titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens); giant triggerfish; moustache triggerfish
blackbelly triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)
dermatoglyphic pattern; dermatoglyphics
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
shrine crest; crest representing a Shinto shrine
shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)
writing (poetry); composing