Words — 46 found
かんれき
還暦
1. kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle
1. the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Cock; the Chicken; the Bird
3. westObsolete term
4. eight month of the lunar calendarObsolete term
えと
干支
1. sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days
2. 12-year Chinese zodiacOnly applies to えと
干支 【かんし】
えと: Gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading).
ないだいじん
内大臣
1. Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945)Historical term, Only applies to ないだいじん
2. Minister of the Interior (669-1868)Historical term
内大臣 【うちのおとど】、内大臣 【うちのおおまえつぎみ】、内大臣 【うちのおおおみ】
うちのおとど: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. うちのおおまえつぎみ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. うちのおおおみ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
ていねんたいしょく
定年退職
1. (compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age); mandatory retirement
停年退職 【ていねんたいしょく】
停年退職: Rarely-used kanji form.
1. long-life celebrations, particularly the 61st, 77th and 88th birthdays
1. commentary (on any of the 64 hexagrams in the Book of Changes)Rare term
あかくろ
赤また黒また
1. red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)Usually written using kana alone
アカマタクロマタ
しこうろくみん
四公六民
1. land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%Archaic
1. ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)Buddhism, See also 十夜粥 じゅうやがゆ
じょうだいご
上代語
1. ancient language; ancient word
2. Old Japanese; Japanese as spoken from the end of the 6th century to the end of the Nara periodLinguistics
りつりょうこっか
律令国家
1. the Japanese nation under the ritsuryō codes (645 CE-10th century)Historical term