year-round

the famous of the “one hundred poems by one hundred poets” anthologies, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 1235, used in the basis of certain card games

Kyūjitai form of 正六百胞体: 600-cell; regular hexacosichoron

600-cell; regular hexacosichoron

pot calling the kettle black; six of one, half a dozen of the other

“a hundred days of sermonizing, one fart” → a metaphor for how something that one has put great effort into can come to nothing after even a slight mistake, much as a hundred days of serious spiritual study can be lost to the winds

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Kyūjitai form of 正百二十胞体: 120-cell; regular hecatonicosachoron

120-cell; regular hecatonicosachoron

very beautiful, said of a woman