七

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

side parting; hair parted to one side

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

sixth anniversary of a death

the seven seas

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

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

Idiomatic expression; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight

Idiomatic expression

the vicissitudes of life; the ups and downs of life

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

Astronomy

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

Astronomy

Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn

seven-and-five-syllable meter

Yojijukugo; Buddhism

the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains

a series of disasters

Geometry

heptagon

Buddhism

the Seven Misfortunes

great number of faults or defects

seven to three (chances)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)

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