六

Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is

Hanafuda

roppyakken (type of game)

all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin

hexagram

Buddhism

six supernormal powers

the six blood relations

six schools of classical Indian philosophy

the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)

Music

six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)

Buddhism

great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")

Buddhism

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

Buddhism

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

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

hexagon socket head; Allen socket head

hex socket head cap bolt

Idiomatic expression

something that comes too late to be useful; iris (blooming) on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)

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

Music

64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver

arsphenamine; compound 606; salvarsan

hexagon

Astronomy

Sextans (constellation); the Sextant

rokudan (name of a koto composition)

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

hexactinellid sponge; glass sponge (any sponge of class Hexactinellida)