吉 (よし): good luck

Kibi (former province located in present-day Okayama and parts of Hiroshima, Hyōgo and Kagawa prefectures; later split into Bizen, Bitchu and Bingo provinces)

吉原言葉

sociolect used by prostitutes in the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period

日吉神道

Hie Shinto (form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)

吉備団子

sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama)

吉田神道

Yoshida Shinto

吉原細見

guide to the Yoshiwara red light district

吉野朝時代

Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392)

吉川神道

Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)

吉本興業

Yoshimoto Kogyo

吉左右

good news

吉林省

Jilin Province (China)

染井吉野

Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)

吉備国際大学

Kibi International University

黄道吉日

very auspicious day for all types of occasions

吉牛

gyudon from the Yoshinoya chain restaurant

吉夢

auspicious dream

勿吉

Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)

吉里吉里人

Kirikirijin (1981 satirical novel by Inoue Hisashi)

吉本総合芸能学院

Yoshimoto New Star Creation (comedy school established by Yoshimoto Kogyo)

lucky omen

good or bad luck

something auspicious

valeric acid

lucky day

Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

豊臣秀吉

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

諭吉

10,000 yen note

嘉吉

Kakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)

吉凶禍福

good and bad fortune, and weal and woe

吉芋

Kichiimo (chain of sweet potato restaurants)

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