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adverbial noun, noun
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around the clock, day and night(because 4 x 6 = 24)
expression, noun
1.
die, dice(yojijukugo)
2.
gambling with dice, playing hazard
3.
You can never tell what will pop up
noun
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ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank(sumo term)
noun
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the five pillars of Islam and six articles of faith
See also:六信五行
noun
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Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China from 304 to 439 CE), Sixteen Kingdoms period
noun
1.
kid, brat(archaism)
2.
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采六【さいろく】
、賽六【さいろく】
noun
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36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)
noun
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the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)(yojijukugo)
expression
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三十六計逃げるにしかず【さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず】
noun
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rush of business, versatility, man who can do the work of many(yojijukugo)
noun
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land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%(archaism, yojijukugo)
noun, no-adjective
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１６進【じゅうろくしん】
noun
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hexadecimal, hexadecimal notation, hex(computer term)
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１６進法【じゅうろくしんほう】
noun
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sixth year of elementary school, sixth year elementary school student(abbreviation)(abbr. of 小学校６年(生))
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小六【しょうろく】
noun
1.
one jō and six shaku (4.85m)
2.
statue of Buddha measuring one jō and six shaku
3.
sitting cross-legged
noun
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shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm), duodecimo
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四六版【しろくばん】
、４／６判【しろくばん】
noun
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sugoroku, traditional Japanese board game played with dice
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双六【すぐろく】[2]
、双陸【すごろく】
、雙六【すごろく】[1]
、雙六【すぐろく】[1][2]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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贅六【ぜえろく】
、才六【ぜいろく】
、才六【ぜえろく】
noun
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julienne (esp. of daikon), long, thin strips
See also:繊蘿蔔
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千六本【せろっぽう】
、繊六本【せんろっぽん】
noun
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AAAA battery, AAAA cell(abbreviation)(abbr. of 単六型乾電池)
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単六【たんろく】
noun
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six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
noun
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Milk Dipper, southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius
expression
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mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
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西向く侍【にしむくさむらい】
、西向く士【にしむくさむらい】
、西向くさむらい【にしむくさむらい】
numeric
1.
twenty-six
2.
2am(colloquialism)(only relevant for ２６)(as 26時, 26:00, etc.)
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二十六【にじゅうろく】
noun
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Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 at Nagasaki
noun
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competent in all fields, jack of all trades, very active in many fields, versatile, all-round, 8 faces and 6 arms(yojijukugo)
noun
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summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
See also:夏越しの祓
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六月祓【みなづきばらえ】
noun
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six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), yellow armadillo(usually kana)
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ムツオビアルマジロ
noun
1.
six forms of the Shi Jing (genre: folk song, festal song, hymn; style: narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison)
2.
six forms of waka (allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, congratulatory)
3.
six principles of calligraphy
4.
six classes of kanji characters
See also:六書
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六義【ろくぎ】
noun
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six ministers (of the six Zhou-dynasty Chinese ministries)
See also:六官
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六卿【りっけい】
noun
1.
the six classes of (kanji) characters(only relevant for りくしょ and りきしょ)
2.
Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)
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六書【りきしょ】
、六書【ろくしょ】
noun
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the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
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六体【ろくたい】
noun
1.
Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen)
2.
calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period
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六朝【ろくちょう】
noun
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two books on the art of war in ancient China, the secrets (essence) of the art of war, secrets of successful life, precepts for living(yojijukugo)
noun
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Rikkokushi, the six ancient Japanese historical collections compiled between the Nara and Heian periods
noun
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six external causes of illness in traditional Chinese medicine (wind, cold, fire/heat, dampness, dryness, heat of summer)
noun
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blues experienced by workplace recruits shortly after beginning work
noun
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the Six Forms of Avalokitesvara (one for each of the six realms)
See also:六道
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六観音【ろっかんのん】
noun
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(space) filler, fill-in (in magazines, newspapers, etc.)(yojijukugo)
noun
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land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)(yojijukugo)
noun
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six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)
noun
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six consciousnesses (i.e. functions of the six sense organs: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and reasoning)(Buddhist term)
noun
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great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")(Buddhist term)
expression, noun
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the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
noun
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the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
noun
1.
six feet(only relevant for 六尺)
2.
3.
palanquin bearer(esp. 陸尺)
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陸尺【ろくしゃく】
expression, noun
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beginning to learn (something) when one is old, not being too old to learn(idiom )