order (for an item); request; demand; condition
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo-period silver coin worth between 1/50th and 1/80th of a ryō
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
unpatterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); unfigured; plain
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
religious oath in writing; written vow to the gods
features of the Earth (rivers, mountains, etc.); topography; physiography; physical geography
consonant (in the Siddham script)
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
spots; speckles; spotted pattern; mottled pattern
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
temper pattern of a sword blade
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
wind-wrought pattern on the sands
password; secret spell; secret phrase
written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
crest (of a noble family)
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
woven pattern; background pattern (of lacquerware, printed materials, etc.)
soundprint; sound print; acoustic signature
shrine crest; shrine emblem
womb tattoo; inmon; stylized uterus-shaped mark below a female's navel (usu. in pornography)
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)
crest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono); figured habutae
ringed seal (Pusa hispida)
Montoku Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
nasal pattern (used for identification); nose print
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)
Shuowen Jiezi (first comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters; 121 CE)
taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
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
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)
eyespot (mimicry); ocellus
The Thousand Character Classic
writing (poetry); composing
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo; pattern; design