strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; flattery; flatterer; Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)
matter for mutual congratulation
Achilles heel; one's weak point; shin
auspicious cloud; Keiun era (704.5.10-708.1.11); Kyōun era
Tengyō era (938.5.22-947.4.22); Tenkei era
congratulation; celebration
keyboard warrior; Internet tough guy
celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction
Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen
Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era
Ryukyuan mission to Edo upon the change of the shogun
fortunate heredity; blessings; the rewards of virtue; something bequeathed to posterity
Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)
Gangyō era (877.4.16-885.2.21); Genkei era
situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand
anniversary of founding (of PRC); national celebration time
Waseda-Keio (baseball) game
congratulations and condolences
Chongqing government; Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Gyeongsangbuk-do (South Korea); North Gyeongsang Province
Engyō era (1308.10.9-1311.4.28); Enkei era
Kakei era (of the Northern Court; 1387.8.23-1389.2.9); Kakyō era
lion at home but weakling elsewhere
Gyeongsangnam-do (South Korea); South Gyeongsang Province
checks; plaid; checked pattern
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
a virtuous family enjoys long prosperity; one's good deeds shall be repaid even to one's descendants
sign of happiness; good omen
orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)
orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)
roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
Sesarmops intermedium (species of grapsoid crab)