千

great warrior

Proverb

a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next

ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Proverb

even Homer sometimes nods

Proverb

even fools can give good counsel

greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

Amitostigma kinoshitae (species of orchid)

Slang

thousand earthworms (as a description for a vagina that has many folds and provides extraordinary pleasure during intercourse)

Formal or literary term; Oft. used hyperbolically

many years of stress and anxiety (as would cause one's hair to grow white); three-thousand jō of white hair (nine kilometers)

Organization name

Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation

Mushakōjisenke school of tea ceremony

Organization name

Akita Senshu Museum of Art

Organization name

Chiyo Tanaka College of Fashion Arts, Tokyo

Proverb

make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)

New Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus); New Zealand plover; red-breasted plover

1,000 yen bill

2,000 yen bill

5,000 yen bill

Proverb

always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain

Proverb

any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune

Idiomatic expression; Said by children when making a pinky swear

cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye; pinky promise pledge: if you're lying, I'll make you drink a thousand needles

Historical term

Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands

many years; ages

love letter; billet-doux