century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
1,000,000; one million; million; many
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period); simple paper mask
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
millions; several million; a few million
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
180 degrees; complete change
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
hundred days; lengthy time
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
10,000,000,000; ten billion
hundred points; perfect mark
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
hundred battles; many battles
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
hundred times; hundred degrees
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
at last your time has come; I have found you at last
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
peasant uprising (Edo period); peasants' revolt
a large number; all sorts; hundreds and thousands
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
the child is father to the man; (lit.) the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune
inspire someone with fresh courage; with redoubled courage
extremely healthy; lively; in good spirits
a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes
million times; praying a million times
top hundred; hundred best
slaying 100 enemies with one's sword; bedding 100 people; having sex with countless people
millionaire; multimillionaire
210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day
all obstacles; all sorts of trouble
Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges)
saying something many times
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
one hundred famous mountains (of Japan)
the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love
Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets
good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines
whooping cough; pertussis
ever-victorious; many successful campaigns; invincibility
diverse arguments arising in great numbers
to visit repeatedly (to request)
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
108; one hundred and eight
well-tempered; well drilled; well trained
the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain
the 108 kleshas; the 108 afflictions
megacity; city with over a million people
permanent national policy
hundred rivers; many rivers; all rivers
220th day; end of the storm period
hundred times worship (e.g. visiting a shrine or temple a hundred times for prayer, walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
indefatigability; indomitableness
if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world
centenary; centennial celebration
long-haired wig used in kabuki (used metaphorically to refer to a thick growth)
100th birthday anniversary
very short-lived regime; very brief reign; (lit.) (Napoleon's post-Elba) Hundred Days
waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; when the sky falls, we shall catch larks
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
night-watch bell; bells tolling out the old year
centenarian; person at least 100 years old
single mistake which ruins all one's hard work; one blunder rendering a long period of effort useless; (lit.) one fart in a hundred days of sermons
method of learning through repetition which involves multiplying and other calculations carried out on a 10-by-10 grid of numbers
many government officials; all the officials
monk's allowed daily necessities (clothes, food, etc.)
even a fool may sometimes give good counsel
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; (lit.) fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow
direct percentage function
a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband
stone used as a marker for hundred times worship
century of humiliation (in Chinese history)
investigation committee (of prefectural assembly, established under Section 100 of the Act)
cesium 137 (Cs-137); caesium 137
nonstandard reading of a kanji