七

sevenfold; seven-ply

Colloquial

very troublesome; extremely bothersome; awfully complicated; tedious and annoying

Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods

benefiting from the influence of a master or parent

three-quarter length (usu. clothing)

celebration of a child's seventh day

Astronomy

the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)

the seven days of the week

the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece

Card games

fan-tan (game); sevens; parliament

Buddhism

memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death

sixth anniversary of a death

walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect

metal surface decoration with raised fine protrusions resembling fish eggs

Abbreviation

twill weave; basket weave

three-quarter sleeves

five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

second week's memorial services

Kabuki

dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times

Word usually written using kana alone

lantana (plant, flower)

hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)

Adverb (fukushi); Buddhism

seven lives

seven generations

rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

Astronomy

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles)

Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine

seven-and-five-syllable meter

Geometry

heptagon

Buddhism

the Seven Misfortunes

great number of faults or defects

21st day after death; 21st day after birth