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crest; coat of arms

ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

pattern; design

family crest

yakuza coat of arms

family crest

clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest

fine pattern

spots; speckles; spotted pattern; mottled pattern

clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest

wind-wrought pattern on the sands

formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed

palm print

shrine crest; shrine emblem

womb tattoo; inmon; stylized uterus-shaped mark below a female's navel (usu. in pornography)

serpentine (mineral)

crest (of a noble family)

woven pattern; background pattern (of lacquerware, printed materials, etc.)

formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed

soundprint; sound print; acoustic signature

triple family crest

small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)

crest (of a noble family)

paulownia crest

embroidered crest

crest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono); figured habutae

informal crest

nasal pattern (used for identification); nose print

figured textiles

family crest register

coloured family crest (popular amongst people from Kaga)

tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo

tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo

tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo

tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo

informal family crest; auxiliary crest

hydrology

dermatoglyphic pattern; dermatoglyphics

Monbetsu Weather Station

eyespot (mimicry); ocellus

chevron (in heraldry)

shrine crest; crest representing a Shinto shrine

family crest register

taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)

eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)

ringed seal (Pusa hispida)

American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)

clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)

blackbelly triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)

titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens); giant triggerfish; moustache triggerfish

European hornet (Vespa crabro)

tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo; pattern; design