太

softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)

trans-Pacific; trans-Pacific crossing

Pacific high; Pacific anticyclone

abdicated emperor

Noh

Tarōkaja (common name for a manservant)

beginning of the world

arched bridge

thick noodles; thick pasta

grand kagura performance at Ise

type of performance including the lion dance and juggling

Word usually written using kana alone

Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)

solar panel

Taiyuan (China)

Taisai; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Archaic

Jupiter (planet)

Geology

Pacific plate

Astronomy

solar storm

Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty)

Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

sunlamp

lunisolar calendar

peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful

Formal or literary term

the sky; the heavens

Great Void (in ancient Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)

shamisen with a thick neck

heavy line (for emphasis); thick line; underline; border

sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword)

Sumo

rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony

thick silk cloth; coarse silk cloth; silk cloth made from coarse fibers (futoito, tamaito or noshiito)

long sword cloth bag; bag for long swords