七

decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year

16th anniversary of one's death

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)

seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata); seven-spot ladybird

Seventeen-Article Constitution (of Asuka-period Japan)

cloisonne ware

seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)

Proverb

after age 7, boys and girls should be kept apart

The Seventeen-Article Constitution

Colloquial

extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious

poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters

the 72 microseasons of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into 3

unfailing devotion to one's country; serving one's country for seven lives

being torn to pieces

complete seven-structured temple compound

seven generations of (celestial) gods

Proverb

every person has their eccentricities

Sports

rugby sevens; seven-a-side rugby

the Seven Deadly Sins

blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)

tortuous or spiral (path)

Chemistry

cesium-137; caesium-137

heptathlon

Septuagint