七

seven

seventeen

49th day after death

49th day after death

second week's memorial services

seven

Star Festival (held in July or August)

the seven spring flowers

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

sixth anniversary of a death

seven colours (of the rainbow)

seven people

seven (long cylindrical things)

five and seven

seventh day after a person's death

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

dance in which the performer quickly changes his clothes seven times

seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school

metal surface decoration with raised fine protrusions resembling fish eggs

Chinese poem with seven characters per line

21st day after death

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

750cc motorcycle

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

35th day after a person's death

1927 Theses

Sevener Shiism

side parting

28th day after death

seven times

seventh

the seven seas

seven disguises of the ninja

seven islands (e.g. of Izu)

January 8-14

sevenfold

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

seven delicious flavors (flavours)

seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school

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

seven pairs

the seven continents

seven-and-five-syllable meter

five and seven-syllable meter

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

benefiting from the influence of a master or parent

seven lives

seven to three (chances)

dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times

the seven districts of ancient Japan

name-giving ceremony

celebration of a child's seventh day

notoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng)

seventy percent

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

seventh lunar month

seven days a week

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

The 47 Ronin

fan-tan (game)

heptahedron

age seventy

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

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

pawnshop

the seven previous incarnations of Buddha

Seven Years' War (1756-1763)

the Seven Misfortunes

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

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

seventh chord

seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus)

tortuous or spiral (path)

pentatonic scale

July Revolution (France, 1830)

heptagon

seven generations of (celestial) gods

the Seven Deadly Sins

earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)

unfailing devotion to one's country

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

the Big Dipper (asterism)

the Big Dipper (asterism)

the Big Dipper (asterism)

seven generations of celestial deities

three-quarter length (usu. clothing)

benefiting from the fame or influence of a parent

men seldom live to be seventy

septennial

Seven Warring States (of China)

not giving up

not giving up

seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace

turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

the Seven Wise Men (of Greece)

dominant seventh (chord)

shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)

shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)

seven styles of tea ceremonies

the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains

calendar

three-three-seven rhythmic clapping pattern

walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea)

heptagon

Seven Wonders of the World

the seven forms of Avalokitesvara

The Seventeen-Article Constitution

Seventeen-Article Constitution (of Asuka-period Japan)

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

very troublesome

extremely bothersome

tossing oneself about in great pain

Seven Gods of Fortune

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

the seven previous incarnations of Buddha

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

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

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

having a famous parent is the best way to fame

Tanabata straw horse

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

being torn to pieces

after age 7, boys and girls should be kept apart

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

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

the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects)

Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)

heptatonic scale

16th anniversary of one's death

seventh anniversary of a death

Micadina phluctaenoides (species of stick insect)

Sendai Tanabata Festival

the Feast of Weeks

the Feast of Weeks

the Seven Deadly Sins

heptathlon

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

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

three-quarter sleeves

the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan

a wonder lasts but nine days

Nanao College

Star Festival (held in July or August)

shichi-go-san

the Big Dipper (asterism)

annual Shingon prayer ritual (January 8-14)

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

cloisonne ware

7 or 3 ratio

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove