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ろくじゅ
kobarutorokujuu
noun
cobalt-60
Other readings:
コバルト六〇【コバルトろくじゅう】

noun
1.
kid, brat(archaism)
2.
person from Kansai(derogatory)
Other readings:
采六【さいろく】
賽六【さいろく】

noun
the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)(yojijukugo)

さんじゅうろっけいに
sanjuurokkeinigerunishikazu
expression
the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat(proverb)
See also:三十六計
Other readings:
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
rush of business, versatility, man who can do the work of many(yojijukugo)

noun
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
the six tools of the ninja(かぎ縄, 編み笠, 石筆, 三尺手ぬぐい, 薬, 打ち竹)

noun, no-adjective
hexadecimal, hexadecimal notation, hex(abbreviation)
Other readings:
16進【じゅうろくしん】

noun
hexadecimal, hexadecimal notation, hex(computer term)
Other readings:
16進法【じゅうろくしんほう】

noun
sixth year of elementary school, sixth year elementary school student(abbreviation)(abbr. of 小学校6年(生))
Other readings:
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
shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm), duodecimo
Other readings:
四六版【しろくばん】
4/6判【しろくばん】

noun
sugoroku, traditional Japanese board game played with dice
Other readings:
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:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
hanafuda meld consisting of sixteen 1-point cards
See also:素札

noun
person from Kansai(archaism, derogatory)
Other readings:
贅六【ぜえろく】
才六【ぜいろく】
才六【ぜえろく】

noun
julienne (esp. of daikon), long, thin strips
See also:繊蘿蔔
Other readings:
千六本【せろっぽう】
繊六本【せんろっぽん】

noun
sixth heaven (of the desire realm)(Buddhist term)

noun
AAAA battery, AAAA cell(abbreviation)(abbr. of 単六型乾電池)
Other readings:
単六【たんろく】

noun, no-adjective
AAAA size (battery)
Other readings:
単六型【たんろくがた】

noun
six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

noun
Milk Dipper, southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius

くさむら
nishimukusamurai
expression
mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
Other readings:
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.)
Other readings:
二十六【にじゅうろく】

ほんにじゅうろくせいじん
nihonnijuurokuseijin
noun
Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 at Nagasaki

noun
competent in all fields, jack of all trades, very active in many fields, versatile, all-round, 8 faces and 6 arms(yojijukugo)

noun
rabbity six (standard dead shape in go), rabbitty six

noun
nincompoop, simpleton
Other readings:
兵六玉【ひょうろくだま】

noun
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
Other readings:
六月祓【みなづきばらえ】

むつおび
mutsuobiarumajiro
noun
six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), yellow armadillo(usually kana)
Other readings:
ムツオビアルマジロ

noun
dividing something into six pieces, something divided into six pieces

noun
(approx.) six o'clock (am or pm, old time system)(archaism)
See also:六つ

noun
six ministries (of Zhou-dynasty China)
Other readings:
六官【りっかん】
六官【ろっかん】

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
Other readings:
六義【ろくぎ】

noun
six ministers (of the six Zhou-dynasty Chinese ministries)
See also:六官
Other readings:
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)
Other readings:
六書【りきしょ】
六書【ろくしょ】

noun
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
Other readings:
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
Other readings:
六朝【ろくちょう】

noun
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
Six Ministries (Sui-dynasty to Qing-dynasty China)

noun
1.
the Six Kingdoms (of China's Warring States period: Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Wei and Zhao)
See also:戦国時代
2.
the six tree-derived incense varieties used in kōdō ceremonies
Other readings:
六国【ろっこく】
六国【りくこく】

noun
Rikkokushi, the six ancient Japanese historical collections compiled between the Nara and Heian periods

numeric
six(ロー in mahjong)

noun
six external causes of illness in traditional Chinese medicine (wind, cold, fire/heat, dampness, dryness, heat of summer)

noun
blues experienced by workplace recruits shortly after beginning work

noun
the Six Forms of Avalokitesvara (one for each of the six realms)
See also:六道
Other readings:
六観音【ろっかんのん】

noun
(space) filler, fill-in (in magazines, newspapers, etc.)(yojijukugo)

noun
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
six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)

noun
1.
six o'clock
2.
six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for 六時)
See also:晨朝,  日中,  日没,  初夜,  中夜,  後夜
Other readings:
6時【ろくじ】

noun
six consciousnesses (i.e. functions of the six sense organs: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and reasoning)(Buddhist term)

noun
the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)
See also:六道

noun
1.
six feet(only relevant for 六尺)
2.
traditional Japanese G-string for men(abbreviation)(only relevant for 六尺)
See also:六尺褌
3.
palanquin bearer(esp. 陸尺)
Other readings:
陸尺【ろくしゃく】

noun
traditional Japanese G-string for men

noun
1.
wooden pole (often oak), 6 shaku long
2.
shoulder pole
See also:天秤棒

ろくじゅなら
rokujuunotenarai
expression, noun
beginning to learn (something) when one is old, not being too old to learn(idiom )

noun
Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

noun
six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind)(Buddhist term)

noun
the six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure and love, and hatred)

noun
the six articles of faith (in Islam)
See also:六信五行

noun
pill made from various animal ingredients (incl. musk, toad venom, cow bezoars, etc.) used as a cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine

noun
all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage, one's kith and kin(yojijukugo)

noun
six supernormal powers(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
六神通【ろくじんつう】

noun
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra(Buddhist term)

noun
the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness)(Buddhist term)

noun
the six continents, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia
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