(military, historical) the Imperial Japanese Army

(military, historical) the Imperial Japanese Navy

(literally) know the other side and yourself, a hundred battles will not be perilous

what happens twice will happen three times, if it happens twice it will happen again

two heads are better than one

World War III

(historical) Synonym of 准大臣 (Jun-daijin): title of an honorary grand minister equal to a vice-daijin; in the same honors between the 内大臣 (naidaijin, “minister of the center”) and the 大納言 (dainagon, “upper counselor”)

a courtesy name of Takashina no Kishi/Takako, Heian-period poet

(anatomy) a rectus capitis posterior major muscle

(Japanese mythology) a food goddess, daughter of 伊弉諾 (Izanagi); as told in the 古事記 (Kojiki), she offered food to 素戔嗚 (Susa no O) after he was expelled from heaven for his transgression against 天照 (Amaterasu), by pulling food out of her orifices, which caused him to kill her in disgust; from her corpse, grain seeds and silkworms sprouted out, and were collected by 神産巣日 (Kamimusuhi)