lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
terminal (electricity); pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)
numerator; molecule; member; element
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
type of land rent paid by farmers
descendant; posterity; offspring
wife and children; (arch.) wife
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
three-cornered hat; tricorne
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
sons and daughters; children; girl
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
(arch.) girl; (arch.) young (unmarried) woman; (grown) woman; lady; (someone else's) wife
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
graviton (hypothetical elementary particle)
bearing many children; multiparity; multipariety; multiparousness; high birth rate
small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like
ornamental weights used to keep curtains and the like from blowing around in the wind
the next child; second child
Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
gentlemen; you; (all of) you or them; Hundred Schools of Thought
child born out of wedlock; illegitimate child; love child
discontented element; discontented (grumbling) member
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
type of land rent paid by farmers
angiosperm; flowering plants
little child; (arch.) male between 4 and 16 years old (ritsuryo period); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) disciple; I; me
small number of children (per family); low birth rate; youngest child (in the family)
offspring (esp. livestock); progeny
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
rebellious child; rebel; traitor
monadic operator; unary operator
Water Rat (49th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1912, 1972, 2032)
Metal Rat (37th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
Fire Rat (13th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1936, 1996, 2056)
indicator; specifier; designator
cryopreserved oocyte; frozen ovum
Earth Rat (25th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1948, 2008, 2068)
interest-bearing liabilities; interest-bearing debt; debt with interest; liability with interest
dissident element (e.g. in a political party); discontented element
wax gourd seed; winter melon seed
extract of Chinese wolfberry fruit
cryopreserved oocyte; frozen ovum
Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); (arch.) moon
galbanum (gum resin from fennel)
strongly correlated electron system
presentation context identifier
conidia; conidiospore; conidium; conidial
Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); (arch.) sun
alley; alleyway; crossroads; intersection
staff at a horse changing station during the ritsuryo period