century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
1,000,000; one million; million; many
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period); simple paper mask
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
millions; several million; a few million
180 degrees; complete change
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
hundred days; lengthy time
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
10,000,000,000; ten billion
hundred points; perfect mark
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
hundred battles; many battles
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
hundred times; hundred degrees
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
at last your time has come; I have found you at last
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
peasant uprising (Edo period); peasants' revolt
a large number; all sorts; hundreds and thousands
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
the child is father to the man; (lit.) the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
inspire someone with fresh courage; with redoubled courage
extremely healthy; lively; in good spirits
a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes
million times; praying a million times
top hundred; hundred best
slaying 100 enemies with one's sword; bedding 100 people; having sex with countless people
millionaire; multimillionaire
210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day
all obstacles; all sorts of trouble
Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges)
saying something many times
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
one hundred famous mountains (of Japan)
the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love
good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines
Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets
whooping cough; pertussis
ever-victorious; many successful campaigns; invincibility
diverse arguments arising in great numbers
to visit repeatedly (to request)
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
108; one hundred and eight
well-tempered; well drilled; well trained
the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain
the 108 kleshas; the 108 afflictions
megacity; city with over a million people
permanent national policy
hundred rivers; many rivers; all rivers
220th day; end of the storm period
hundred times worship (e.g. visiting a shrine or temple a hundred times for prayer, walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
indefatigability; indomitableness
if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world
centenary; centennial celebration
long-haired wig used in kabuki (used metaphorically to refer to a thick growth)
100th birthday anniversary
very short-lived regime; very brief reign; (lit.) (Napoleon's post-Elba) Hundred Days
waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; when the sky falls, we shall catch larks
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
night-watch bell; bells tolling out the old year
centenarian; person at least 100 years old
single mistake which ruins all one's hard work; one blunder rendering a long period of effort useless; (lit.) one fart in a hundred days of sermons
method of learning through repetition which involves multiplying and other calculations carried out on a 10-by-10 grid of numbers
many government officials; all the officials
monk's allowed daily necessities (clothes, food, etc.)
even a fool may sometimes give good counsel
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; (lit.) fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow
direct percentage function
a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband
stone used as a marker for hundred times worship
century of humiliation (in Chinese history)
investigation committee (of prefectural assembly, established under Section 100 of the Act)
cesium 137 (Cs-137); caesium 137
nonstandard reading of a kanji