letter (of alphabet); character; writing
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
religious oath in writing; written vow to the gods
written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
password; secret spell; secret phrase
temper pattern of a sword blade
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)
unpatterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); unfigured; plain
physiography; physiographical features
monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
speckles; spotted pattern
Montoku Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
consonant (in the Siddham script)
closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)
inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware, etc.
tao-tie engraving; figure of a creature of Chinese mythology engraved on bronze ware during the Yin-Chou dynasty
writing (poetry); composing