生

Proverb

a little learning is a dangerous thing

pure sake; pure rice wine; undiluted sake; unadulterated sake

fresh market; wet market

Food, cooking

pure soy sauce

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree

fresh vegetables

to arrange (e.g. flowers); to decorate

ready-mixed concrete; liquid concrete; wet concrete

working-age population

biological classification

chronological age

100th birthday anniversary

birth and death; years of birth and death

Abbreviation

production engineering

being inattentive

lifelong education; continuing education; further education

self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen

biological membrane; biomembrane

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

Organization name

Japan Institute of Life Insurance

Geology

ikunolite

life insurance policy

living fossil

biodegradable plastic