吉

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness

Abbreviation

unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

good news

lucky omen; happy; auspicious

lucky omen; good omen

lucky day; auspicious day

unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

good or bad luck; fortune

auspicious event

Esp. 吉備団子

sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama)

Esp. 黍団子

millet dumplings

festive annual custom

auspicious appearance; good or lucky omen

Formal or literary term

good news; favourable information

Formal or literary term

news on whether or not something went well

first calligraphy of the year

Buddhism

Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)

auspicious dream; well-boding dream

Product name

gyudon from the Yoshinoya chain restaurant

good and bad fortune, and weal and woe

Jilin Province (China)

Company name

Yoshimoto Kogyo

lucky day; auspicious occasion

Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Kirikirijin (1981 satirical novel by Inoue Hisashi)

Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)

scratch marks on the neck of a body (indicating a struggling victim of strangulation)