elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
non-prescription glasses (worn as a fashion accessory); fake glasses; lensless glasses
dandy; handsome and fashionable man; fop; chivalrous man
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
non-prescription glasses (worn as a fashion accessory); fake glasses; lensless glasses
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
Tales of Ise (Heian period collection of poems)
Ise merchant; shop name of an Ise merchant; (arch.) miser; (arch.) stingy person; (arch.) skinflint
Chinese guger tree (Schima wallichii)
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine; Ise pilgrim
scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)
(woman's) undersash; datemaki; rolled omelette mixed with fish paste (omelet)
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
for show; for appearance's sake; ostentatiously; to look good
(woman's) undersash; datemaki; rolled omelette mixed with fish paste (omelet)
mid-Edo period Imari ware
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Japan and Italy; Japanese-Italian
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine
Italian-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
chivalrous spirit; heroic defence of the weak; chivalrous man; ruffian who acts under the pretence of chivalry
France and Italy; French-Italian
Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Imari ware; Imari porcelain
Izanagi-no-Mikoto; Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Jurchen pirate tribe who invaded Tsushima in 1019
chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum); threeline grunt
Ise udon; udon variety with very soft and thick noodles, specialty of Mie Prefecture
Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanagi-no-Mikoto; Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine; (arch.) successful but stingy merchants from Ise
non-prescription glasses (worn as a fashion accessory); fake glasses; lensless glasses
Itō style; customary order of setting up the board in which pawns are placed before the rook and bishop
Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)
Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)
Iyo dialect (spoken in Ehime prefecture)
small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric
Ibuki Faction (of the LDP)
fraternal religious group formed by Ise Shrine worshippers
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
Itochu Techno-Science Corporation
dandy; gallant; chivalrous person
wearing light clothes for the sake of fashion
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
brother; lay brother; non-ordained member of a Christian religious order
Izanagi Boom (economic boom of 1965-70)
Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi)
Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi)
Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi)
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards
Imari ware; Imari porcelain
Ise udon; udon variety with very soft and thick noodles, specialty of Mie Prefecture
Ise udon; udon variety with very soft and thick noodles, specialty of Mie Prefecture
Izanami Boom (economic boom lasting from February 2002 to October 2007)
iroha order; traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary (based on a Buddhist poem)
Isetan (department store)
Hollywood juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. kaizuka); Chinese pyramid juniper
brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)
brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
Japanese-Italian dictionary
Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Iris ensata; Ise Japanese iris
the best men are from Kyoto; the best women from Ise
merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); (lit.) robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise
Germany, Austria and Italy; Triple Alliance (1882)
Germany, Austria and Italy; Triple Alliance (1882)
Ise Chemicals Corporation
common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
iyomizugi winter hazel (Corylopsis spicata)
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)
whip-carrying habenaria (Habenaria iyoensis)
Maesa japonica (species of flowering plant)