ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
ringed seal (Pusa hispida)
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
consonant (in the Siddham script)
American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)
letter (of alphabet); character
① 日本の古文書のひとつで、人名や物品の種類・数量を一つ書き形式で記されたもの。② おもに商取引で、物品や役務の調達を依頼すること。③ こまかい部分に関する指示や指摘、希望。④ 立ち合いのあと、相手にぶつかりに行かない方法で(立ち合いに変化をつけて)倒す作戦。
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
speckles; spotted pattern
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
religious oath in writing; written vow to the gods
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
wind-wrought pattern on the sands
temper pattern of a sword blade
password; secret spell; secret phrase
shrine crest; shrine emblem
crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)
unpatterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); unfigured; plain
physiography; physiographical features
tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)
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
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
coloured family crest (popular amongst people from Kaga)
European hornet (Vespa crabro)
titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens); giant triggerfish; moustache triggerfish
blackbelly triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)
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.
dermatoglyphic pattern; dermatoglyphics
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
shrine crest; crest representing a Shinto shrine
shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)
① 文章を書くこと。また、その文章。② 漢詩を作ること。