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四種姓

see styles
 shishusei / shishuse
    ししゅせい
(rare) (See ヴァルナ) varna (each of India's four castes)

四部衆


四部众

see styles
sì bù zhòng
    si4 bu4 zhong4
ssu pu chung
 shibushu
    しぶしゅ
(rare) (See 四衆・1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
四部弟子; 四部僧; 四衆 The four divisions of disciples— bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka, and upāsikā, monks, nuns, and male and female devotees.

回旋状

see styles
 kaisenjou / kaisenjo
    かいせんじょう
(can be adjective with の) (rare) contorted; convoluted

回春型

see styles
 kaishungata
    かいしゅんがた
(rare) (See 果生型) Edo-period Momotarō story version, where he is conceived from a peach

国政術

see styles
 kokuseijutsu / kokusejutsu
    こくせいじゅつ
(rare) statecraft

土瀝青

see styles
 dorekisei / dorekise
    どれきせい
(rare) (See アスファルト) asphalt

土茯苓

see styles
 dobukuryou / dobukuryo
    どぶくりょう
(rare) (See 山帰来) Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine)

地瀝青

see styles
 jirekisei; chirekisei / jirekise; chirekise
    じれきせい; ちれきせい
(rare) (See アスファルト) asphalt

地震光

see styles
 jishinkou / jishinko
    じしんこう
(rare) earthquake light; EQL

垣繕う

see styles
 kakitsukurou / kakitsukuro
    かきつくろう
(rare) springtime repairing of fences after winter damage

堕胎医

see styles
 dataii / datai
    だたいい
(rare) doctor who performs abortions; abortion provider

報時球

see styles
 houjikyuu / hojikyu
    ほうじきゅう
(rare) (See 時球) time ball

塗被紙

see styles
 tohishi
    とひし
(rare) (See コート紙) coated paper

夏外套

see styles
 natsugaitou / natsugaito
    なつがいとう
(rare) summer overcoat; light jacket

夕影鳥

see styles
 yuukagedori / yukagedori
    ゆうかげどり
(rare) (See 時鳥) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

夕河岸

see styles
 yuugashi / yugashi
    ゆうがし
(rare) (See 魚河岸・うおがし) evening fish market

外製化

see styles
 gaiseika / gaiseka
    がいせいか
(rare) (See 外注) (ant: 内製化) outsourcing

夜直鳥

see styles
 yotadadori; yotadadori
    よただどり; ヨタダドリ
(rare) (See ホトトギス) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

夜開草

see styles
 yakaisou; yakaisou / yakaiso; yakaiso
    やかいそう; ヤカイソウ
(kana only) (rare) (See 夜顔) moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

夢判じ

see styles
 yumehanji
    ゆめはんじ
(rare) (See 夢判断・1) dream interpretation

夢見月

see styles
 yuzuki
    ゆづき
(rare) (See 弥生・1) third lunar month; (female given name) Yuzuki

大海訓

see styles
 taikaikun
    たいかいくん
(rare) (See 大海指) imperial navy order

大角羊

see styles
 ootsunohitsuji; ootsunohitsuji
    おおつのひつじ; オオツノヒツジ
(kana only) (rare) (See ビッグホーン) bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)

天刑病

see styles
 tenkeibyou / tenkebyo
    てんけいびょう
(rare) (sensitive word) Hansen's disease; leprosy

天帝星

see styles
 tenteisei / tentese
    てんていせい
(rare) {astron} (See ポラリス・1) Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star

太平州

see styles
 taiheishuu / taiheshu
    たいへいしゅう
(rare) (See 大洋州) Oceania

奥上臈

see styles
 okujourou / okujoro
    おくじょうろう
(hist) (rare) (See 奥女中) maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

奥陶紀

see styles
 outouki / otoki
    おうとうき
(rare) (See オルドビス紀) Ordovician period

女子竹

see styles
 onagodake; onagodake
    おなごだけ; オナゴダケ
(kana only) (rare) (See 女竹) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

妹背鳥

see styles
 imosedori
    いもせどり
(1) (rare) (See 鶺鴒) any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits); (2) (See ホトトギス) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

姥彼岸

see styles
 ubahigan; ubahigan
    うばひがん; ウバヒガン
(kana only) (rare) (See 江戸彼岸) double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)

姫女子

see styles
 himejoshi
    ひめじょし
(rare) (See 百合・ゆり・2) female fan of yuri comics, etc.

姫男子

see styles
 himedanshi
    ひめだんし
(rare) (See 百合・ゆり・2) male fan of yuri comics, etc.

威儀細

see styles
 igiboso
    いぎぼそ
(rare) (See 袈裟・1) informal kasaya worn primarily by adherents of Pure Land Buddhism

娯楽街

see styles
 gorakugai
    ごらくがい
(rare) amusement quarter; entertainment zone

孫息子

see styles
 magomusuko
    まごむすこ
(rare) grandson

安導権

see styles
 andouken / andoken
    あんどうけん
(rare) (See 安導券) safe conduct (right)

完全癖

see styles
 kanzenheki
    かんぜんへき
(rare) (See 完璧主義) perfectionism

実存的

see styles
 jitsuzonteki
    じつぞんてき
(adjectival noun) (rare) (See 実存) existential

実験論

see styles
 jikkenron
    じっけんろん
(1) (rare) {phil} (See 実証主義) positivism; (2) (rare) (See 実験主義) experimentalism

射籠手

see styles
 igote
    いごて
(rare) archer's bracer; archer's armguard

小文節

see styles
 shoubunsetsu / shobunsetsu
    しょうぶんせつ
(rare) short phrase

小楊枝

see styles
 koyouji / koyoji
    こようじ
(rare) (See 爪楊枝) toothpick

小歩き

see styles
 koaruki
    こあるき
(1) (rare) walking with short steps; (2) (archaism) errand boy

小番付

see styles
 kobanzuke; shoubanzuke / kobanzuke; shobanzuke
    こばんづけ; しょうばんづけ
(1) (rare) Edo-period small-size single-sheet prints containing puzzles, short stories, etc.; (2) (rare) Edo-period playbills

小鰯鯨

see styles
 koiwashikujira; koiwashikujira
    こいわしくじら; コイワシクジラ
(kana only) (rare) (See ミンク鯨) minke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

山家者

see styles
 yamagamono
    やまがもの
(rare) mountain dweller; person raised in the mountains

山林学

see styles
 sanringaku
    さんりんがく
(rare) (See 林学) forestry

山水牛

see styles
 yamasuigyuu / yamasuigyu
    やますいぎゅう
(rare) (See アノア) mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)

岩流圏

see styles
 ganryuuken / ganryuken
    がんりゅうけん
(rare) (See アセノスフェア) asthenosphere

島帝国

see styles
 touteikoku / totekoku
    とうていこく
(rare) island empire

崩じる

see styles
 houjiru / hojiru
    ほうじる
(v1,vi) (rare) to die (of the emperor, etc.)

州権論

see styles
 shuukenron / shukenron
    しゅうけんろん
(rare) states' rights theory

州立校

see styles
 shuuritsukou / shuritsuko
    しゅうりつこう
(rare) state-run school (e.g. Australia, Brazil); public school; state school

巴結び

see styles
 tomoemusubi
    ともえむすび
(rare) fast bowline (knot)

Variations:

 ki
    き
(prefix) (1) {chem} (See 希塩酸) dilute; (prefix) (2) (See 希元素) rare; (3) (希 only) (abbreviation) (See 希臘・ギリシャ) Greece

希元素

see styles
 kigenso
    きげんそ
rare element

希土類

see styles
 kidorui
    きどるい
{chem} rare earth

希少種

see styles
 kishoushu / kishoshu
    きしょうしゅ
rare species

希有心

see styles
xī yǒu xīn
    xi1 you3 xin1
hsi yu hsin
 keu shin
a rare [religious] state of mind

干菜湯

see styles
 hoshinayu
    ほしなゆ
(rare) bath of dried leaves (esp. daikon and turnip)

年始着

see styles
 nenshigi
    ねんしぎ
(rare) New Year's clothes

年暮れ

see styles
 nenkure
    ねんくれ
(suf,n) (rare as a noun) year end

年端月

see styles
 toshihazuki
    としはづき
(rare) (See 睦月・1) first lunar month

幻影肢

see styles
 geneishi / geneshi
    げんえいし
(rare) (See 幻肢) phantom limb

幽回忌

see styles
 yuukaiki / yukaiki
    ゆうかいき
(rare) {Buddh} memorial ceremony held on the 100th day of a person's death

広長舌

see styles
 kouchouzetsu / kochozetsu
    こうちょうぜつ
(1) (rare) (See 長広舌) long talk; long-winded speech; (2) {Buddh} long tongue (one of the thirty-two marks of a great man)

庭見草

see styles
 niwamigusa
    にわみぐさ
(1) (rare) (See 萩・1) bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); (2) (rare) (See 芭蕉) Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)

弁鰓類

see styles
 bensairui
    べんさいるい
(rare) (See 二枚貝類) lamellibranches (i.e. bivalves)

弓籠手

see styles
 yugote
    ゆごて
(rare) archer's bracer; archer's armguard

引赤薬

see styles
 insekiyaku
    いんせきやく
(rare) rubefacient (substance that causes redness of skin)

形動詞

see styles
 keidoushi / kedoshi
    けいどうし
(rare) {gramm} (See 分詞) participle

形式語

see styles
 keishikigo / keshikigo
    けいしきご
(rare) {gramm} (See 機能語) structure word; function word; form word

形状詞

see styles
 keijoushi / kejoshi
    けいじょうし
(rare) {gramm} (See 形容動詞) adjectival noun; na-adjective

御山雀

see styles
 oyamasuzume; oyamasuzume
    おやますずめ; オヤマスズメ
(kana only) (rare) (See 岩雲雀) alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)

御簾草

see styles
 misukusa
    みすくさ
(rare) (See ガマ) common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace

心の病

see styles
 kokoronoyamai
    こころのやまい
(exp,n) (rare) mental illness; emotional disorder

心劣り

see styles
 kokorootori
    こころおとり
(n,vs,vi) (rare) (feeling something is) worse than expected

心勝り

see styles
 kokoromasari
    こころまさり
(n,vs,vi) (rare) (feeling something is) better than expected

必須格

see styles
 hissukaku
    ひっすかく
(rare) {gramm} indispensable case

念持仏

see styles
 nenjibutsu
    ねんじぶつ
(rare) Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home

怒り鼻

see styles
 ikaribana
    いかりばな
(rare) flared nostrils

怨じる

see styles
 enjiru
    えんじる
(transitive verb) (rare) (See 怨ずる) to bear a grudge; to resent

怪獣像

see styles
 kaijuuzou / kaijuzo
    かいじゅうぞう
(rare) (See ガーゴイル) gargoyle

恋いる

see styles
 koiru
    こいる
(transitive verb) (rare) (See 恋う) to love

恋し鳥

see styles
 koishidori
    こいしどり
(rare) (See 時鳥) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

恐日病

see styles
 kyounichibyou / kyonichibyo
    きょうにちびょう
(rare) Japanophobia

恐独病

see styles
 kyoudokubyou / kyodokubyo
    きょうどくびょう
(rare) Germanophobia

恐米病

see styles
 kyoubeibyou / kyobebyo
    きょうべいびょう
(rare) Americanophobia

恒星表

see styles
 kouseihyou / kosehyo
    こうせいひょう
(rare) (See 星表) star catalog; star catalogue

悩める

see styles
 nayameru
    なやめる
(exp,adj-pn) (1) (See 悩む) worried; troubled; afflicted; (transitive verb) (2) (rare) (See 悩ます) to afflict; to torment

愛逢月

see styles
 medeaizuki
    めであいづき
(rare) (See 文月) seventh lunar month

感動文

see styles
 kandoubun / kandobun
    かんどうぶん
(rare) {gramm} (See 感嘆文) exclamatory sentence; exclamation

慣用法

see styles
 kanyouhou / kanyoho
    かんようほう
(rare) (See 語法) usage (esp. of language)

懐中花

see styles
 kaichuubana / kaichubana
    かいちゅうばな
(rare) {hanaf} (See 小花・こばな) pocket-sized hanafuda; small hanafuda

戒律宗

see styles
jiè lǜ zōng
    jie4 lv4 zong1
chieh lü tsung
 kairitsushuu / kairitsushu
    かいりつしゅう
(rare) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
Vinaya school

所蔵物

see styles
 shozoubutsu / shozobutsu
    しょぞうぶつ
(rare) (See 所蔵品) article (in a collection, etc.); piece

手毬花

see styles
 temaribana
    てまりばな
(rare) temaribana; Japanese snowball (Viburnum plicatum)

抉じる

see styles
 kojiru
    こじる
(transitive verb) (kana only) (rare) (See 抉る・こじる) to pry (open); to prise; to wrench

投弾帯

see styles
 toudantai / todantai
    とうだんたい
(rare) (See 投弾・2) sling

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