crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
viceroy; governor-general
ancient times; prehistoric times
His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince; His Royal Highness the Crown Prince
empress dowager; queen mother
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
Empress Dowager; Queen Mother
to give the stamp of approval
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
Moon; the greater yin (in yin-yang)
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
investiture of the Crown Prince
sunlight; rays of the Sun
Grand Eunuch (former Chinese government title); (arch.) eunuch
walleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma); Alaska pollack; walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
solar energy; solar power
grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty); Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
taijitu; cosmic dual forces symbol; yin-yang symbol
peace throughout the world; carefree; peaceful; relaxed
Venus (planet); thick silk thread; refined sugar; white rice jelly; variety of sweet potato
lunisolar calendar; lunar calendar
very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
founder; progenitor; emperor
extrasolar; trans-Neptunian; outside the solar system
trans-Pacific; trans-Pacific crossing
Taisai; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar; (arch.) Jupiter (planet)
Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty); Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
salted cod roe flavored with red pepper
Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty); Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nationwide land survey (1582)
investiture of the Crown Prince
Pacific high; Pacific anticyclone
great mountain; large mountain
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
the sky; the heavens; Great Void (in ancient Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)
Taiko Master (series of rhythm games created by Namco)
solar year; tropical year
islands of the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Islands
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
eldest grandson of an Emperor in the line of descent
very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
taiko drumming; taiko drummer; Laccotrephes japonensis (species of water scorpion)
solar thermal power generation
heliocentric orbit; circumsolar orbit
space-based solar power (generation)
circum-Pacific volcanic belt; Ring of Fire
orrery (mechanical model of the solar system)
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
Pacific Standard Time; PST
Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association; JPEA
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
trans-Neptunian object; transneptunian object; TNO
doctor who curries favor with patients instead of practicing skilled medicine; quack doctor who flatters his patients; incompetent, flattering physician
extrasolar planet; exoplanet
world peace; everyone living peacefully together
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
Great Pacific garbage patch; GPGP
imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
Sunshine Policy (South Korean policy of engaging with North Korea)
Taegukgi; national flag of South Korea
big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing
Pacific Time (US time zone)
ceremony of installing a Crown Prince
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
International Pacific University
North Pacific high; North Pacific anticyclone
free and open Indo-Pacific; FOIP
Japan Health Taijiquan Association
transit (of a planet) over the Sun
taishiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
(former) Pacific Bank (failed in 1996)
Pacific Accreditation Cooperation; PAC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; APEC
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council; PECC
Pacific Science Association
dye-sensitized solar cell; DSSC
Photovoltaic Power Generation Technology Research Association; PVTEC
sun-synchronous orbit; heliosynchronous orbit; SSO
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
drumming style used to announce bouts
Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation; AAMT
circum-Pacific seismic zone; circum-Pacific earthquake belt
Pacific Research Institute
light pressure (from the sun)
Pan-Pacific concept; Pacific Rim concept
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
solar telescope; helioscope
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory; PMEL
organic thin-film solar cell; plastic solar cell
very large float used to carry taiko at festivals
Day of the Sun (annual public holiday in North Korea on 15 April)
solar tide (tides caused by the Sun)
lunar tide (tide caused by the Moon)
(in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E); first lunar month
round-headed tack; drawing pin
mirror go (as black); opening strategy of symmetrically copying every move of the opponent, starting with tengen
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
sunbird (any bird in the family Nectariniidae)
sunset morpho (butterfly, Morpho hecuba)
Andrews' beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)
Tai'an Station (Shenzhen)