Words — 89 found
しちだいしがく
七大私学
1. seven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian periodSee also 大学別曹
しちこうさんみん
七公三民
1. land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percentHistorical term
しっちん
七珍
1. the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli)Buddhism, See also 七宝
2. the seven delicacies
七珍 【しちちん】
しちじょう
七情
1. seven emotions (in The Book of Rites: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, desire); seven emotions (in Buddhism: joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate, desire)
2. seven effects (of a traditional Chinese medicine)
ななころやお
七転び八起き
1. not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eightIdiomatic expression
2. the vicissitudes of life; the ups and downs of lifeIdiomatic expression
しちしちにち
七七日
1. 49th day after death
七七日 【なななぬか】、七七日 【なななのか】、七々日 【しちしちにち】、七々日 【なななぬか】、七々日 【なななのか】
1. seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)
1. the seven orifices of the head (eyes, nostrils, ear canals, mouth)Archaic