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    1. Dictionary
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    3. 七

    七

    七なな

    seven

    N5KMT1Freq #115Core ConceptsKanji2 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    なななな.つなの

    On'yomi

    シチ

    Nanori

    ししっなひち

    seven

    一乙

    一
    乙

    Stroke 0 / 2

    Speed1.0x

    Concepts using this kanji

    七

    seven

    十七

    seventeen

    七七日

    49th day after death

    二七日

    second week's memorial services

    七つ

    seven

    七夕

    Star Festival (held in July or August)

    七草

    the seven spring flowers

    七宝

    the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli)

    七回忌

    sixth anniversary of a death

    七色

    seven colours (of the rainbow)

    七人

    seven people

    七本

    seven (long cylindrical things)

    五七

    five and seven

    一七日

    seventh day after a person's death

    七分

    type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

    七化け

    dance in which the performer quickly changes his clothes seven times

    七事

    seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school

    七子

    metal surface decoration with raised fine protrusions resembling fish eggs

    七言

    Chinese poem with seven characters per line

    三七日

    21st day after death

    七つ時

    (approx.) four o'clock (am or pm, old time system)

    七半

    750cc motorcycle

    五七五

    five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

    五七日

    35th day after a person's death

    二七年テーゼ

    1927 Theses

    七イマーム派

    Sevener Shiism

    七三分け

    side parting

    四七日

    28th day after death

    七度

    seven times

    第七

    seventh

    七つの海

    the seven seas

    七方出

    seven disguises of the ninja

    七島

    seven islands (e.g. of Izu)

    後七日

    January 8-14

    七重

    sevenfold

    初七日

    memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death

    七味

    seven delicious flavors (flavours)

    七事式

    seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school

    七公三民

    land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent

    七対子

    seven pairs

    七大州

    the seven continents

    五七調

    five and seven-syllable meter

    七五調

    seven-and-five-syllable meter

    七情

    seven emotions (in The Book of Rites: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, desire)

    七光

    benefiting from the influence of a master or parent

    七生

    seven lives

    七分三分

    seven to three (chances)

    七変化

    dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times

    七道

    the seven districts of ancient Japan

    お七夜

    name-giving ceremony

    七夜

    celebration of a child's seventh day

    三七人参

    notoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng)

    七割

    seventy percent

    七段

    seventh dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

    七夜月

    seventh lunar month

    週七日

    seven days a week

    七大私学

    seven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian period

    四十七士

    The 47 Ronin

    七並べ

    fan-tan (game)

    七面体

    heptahedron

    七十路

    age seventy

    七十二候

    the 72 microseasons of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into 3

    七衆

    seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)

    七つ屋

    pawnshop

    七仏

    the seven previous incarnations of Buddha

    七年戦争

    Seven Years' War (1756-1763)

    七難

    the Seven Misfortunes

    七大寺

    the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

    七赤

    seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)

    七の和音

    seventh chord

    七帯アルマジロ

    seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus)

    七曲がり

    tortuous or spiral (path)

    四七抜き

    pentatonic scale

    七月革命

    July Revolution (France, 1830)

    七辺形

    heptagon

    神代七代

    seven generations of (celestial) gods

    七つの大罪

    the Seven Deadly Sins

    七輪

    earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)

    七生報国

    unfailing devotion to one's country

    川崎七分

    type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

    七星

    the Big Dipper (asterism)

    七つ星

    the Big Dipper (asterism)

    七つの星

    the Big Dipper (asterism)

    天神七代

    seven generations of celestial deities

    七分丈

    three-quarter length (usu. clothing)

    親の七光り

    benefiting from the fame or influence of a parent

    七十古希

    men seldom live to be seventy

    七箇年

    septennial

    戦国七雄

    Seven Warring States (of China)

    七転八起

    not giving up

    七転び八起き

    not giving up

    十七殿

    seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace

    七面鳥

    turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

    七賢人

    the Seven Wise Men (of Greece)

    属七

    dominant seventh (chord)

    七宝文

    shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)

    七宝つなぎ

    shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)

    茶事七式

    seven styles of tea ceremonies

    七難八苦

    the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains

    七曜表

    calendar

    三三七拍子

    three-three-seven rhythmic clapping pattern

    七節

    walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea)

    七角形

    heptagon

    世界の七不思議

    Seven Wonders of the World

    七観音

    the seven forms of Avalokitesvara

    十七条憲法

    The Seventeen-Article Constitution

    憲法十七条

    Seventeen-Article Constitution (of Asuka-period Japan)

    七曜

    the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)

    七面倒くさい

    extremely bothersome

    七面倒

    very troublesome

    七転八倒

    tossing oneself about in great pain

    七福神

    Seven Gods of Fortune

    七穴

    the seven orifices of the head (eyes, nostrils, ear canals, mouth)

    過去七仏

    the seven previous incarnations of Buddha

    春の七草

    seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)

    南都七大寺

    the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

    五七桐

    paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

    親の光は七光り

    having a famous parent is the best way to fame

    七夕馬

    Tanabata straw horse

    秋の七草

    seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)

    七花八裂

    being torn to pieces

    男女七歳にして席を同じゅうせず

    after age 7, boys and girls should be kept apart

    七殿

    seven residential pavilions for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)

    七珍

    the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli)

    七賢

    the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects)

    七人の侍

    Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)

    七音音階

    heptatonic scale

    十七回忌

    16th anniversary of one's death

    七年忌

    seventh anniversary of a death

    飛七節

    Micadina phluctaenoides (species of stick insect)

    仙台七夕まつり

    Sendai Tanabata Festival

    七週の祭

    the Feast of Weeks

    七週の祭り

    the Feast of Weeks

    七つの罪源

    the Seven Deadly Sins

    七種競技

    heptathlon

    七度尋ねて人を疑え

    search thoroughly for something lost before you suspect someone of stealing it

    七言絶句

    poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters

    七分袖

    three-quarter sleeves

    五畿七道

    the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan

    人の噂も七十五日

    a wonder lasts but nine days

    七尾短期大学

    Nanao College

    七夕祭り

    Star Festival (held in July or August)

    七五三

    shichi-go-san

    七曜星

    the Big Dipper (asterism)

    後七日の御修法

    annual Shingon prayer ritual (January 8-14)

    七言律詩

    poem of eight lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters

    七宝焼き

    cloisonne ware

    七三

    7 or 3 ratio

    竹林の七賢

    Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

    七十人訳聖書

    Septuagint

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    • 七宝文
    • 七癖
    • 七珍
    • 属七
    • 七度
    • 七の和音
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    • 七夕祭り
    • 七島
    • 七島藺
    • 七割
    • 第七
    • 七重の膝を八重に折る
    • 七転八起
    • 七夕馬
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    • お七夜
    • 七
    • 七つ
    • 七つの海
    • 七つ屋
    • 七回忌
    • 七角形
    • 七曲がり
    • 七賢
    • 七五三
    • 七五調
    • 七週の祭
    • 七週の祭り
    • 七十人訳聖書
    • 七十路
    • 七重
    • 七星
    • 七生
    • 七草
    • 七転び八起き
    • 七堂伽藍
    • 七道
    • 七年忌
    • 七不思議
    • 七福神
    • 七分三分
    • 七分袖
    • 七分搗き
    • 七辺形
    • 七宝
    • 七面鳥
    • 七面倒
    • 七夜
    • 七曜
    • 親の七光り
    • 北斗七星
    • 三七日
    • 七色
    • 七夕
    • 十七
    • 二七日
    • 七七日
    • 七輪
    • 七宝焼き
    • 無くて七癖
    • 七転八倒
    • 初七日
    • 七三
    • 七生報国
    • 七色唐辛子
    • 七光
    • 七草粥
    • 七星瓢虫
    • 七難
    • 七難八苦
    • 七竈
    • 七曜表
    • 七味
    • 七面体
    • 四七抜き
    • 週七日
    • 七本
    • 七方出
    • 七言絶句
    • 七言律詩
    • 七十古希
    • 七並べ
    • 七公三民
    • 七珍万宝
    • 七味唐辛子
    • 仙台七夕まつり
    • 十七条憲法
    • 七変化
    • 七分
    • 川崎七分
    • 七化け
    • 七仏
    • 過去七仏
    • 七つ時
    • 七日鮫
    • 三七人参
    • 七種競技
    • 七つ星
    • 世界の七不思議
    • 七十二候
    • 南都七大寺
    • 七大寺
    • 七観音
    • 七年戦争
    • 七弦琴
    • 飛七節
    • 七節
    • 七衆
    • 天神七代
    • 神代七代
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    • 後七日の御修法
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    • 親の光は七光り
    • 人の噂も七十五日
    • 七半
    • 七三分け
    • 憲法十七条
    • 南京七竈
    • 高嶺七竈
    • 七月革命
    • 春の七草
    • 秋の七草
    • 七箇年
    • 七分丈
    • アメリカ七日鮫
    • 二七年テーゼ
    • 七草の節句
    • 七赤
    • 七曜星
    • 四七日
    • 七大私学
    • 十七殿
    • 七殿
    • 七夜月
    • 七仏通戒偈
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    • 五七
    • 五七桐
    • 五七調
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    • 七つの罪源
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    • 七帯アルマジロ
    • 七面倒くさい
    • 七イマーム派
    • 七対子
    • 茶事七式
    • 戦国七雄
    • 五畿七道
    • 七事式
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    • 七度尋ねて人を疑え
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    • 十七回忌
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    • 西洋七竈
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