Words — 298 found
さんきんこうたい
参勤交代
1. daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)Historical term
参覲交代 【さんきんこうたい】、参勤交替 【さんきんこうたい】
参覲交代: Ateji (phonetic) reading, Rarely-used kanji form. 参勤交替: Rarely-used kanji form.
さんぼうほんぶじょうほうそうきょく
参謀本部情報総局
1. Chief Administration for IntelligenceOrganization name
2. Chief Administration for Intelligence
つるにんじん
蔓人参
1. deodeok (Codonopsis lanceolata); todokUsually written using kana alone
ツルニンジン
にねんまい
二年参り
1. visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
しゅうさん
衆参
1. House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the DietSee also 衆参両院 しゅうさんりょういん
1. visit to a Buddhist temple
とちばにんじん
栃葉人参
1. Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)Usually written using kana alone
トチバニンジン
ぬまい
抜け参り
1. pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)
うしときまい
丑の時参り
1. cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's deathSee also 丑の刻参り
かわらにんじん
河原人参
1. Artemisia apiacea (species of artemisia)Usually written using kana alone
カワラニンジン