"Historical kana usage", a prescriptive method of using kana to write Japanese. Devised in the Edo period by Keichū (契沖) and taught in schools until 1946, it aims to be etymologically faithful and reflects earlier stages of the language (Heian period and earlier).

crēdō ut intelligam

(idiomatic) tears (drops from the eyes)

(informal) "not knowing even a millimeter": completely ignorant in regards to something

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

A female practitioner of martial arts; a martial artist.

A type of straw hat worn by upper class women during the Heian period in Japan

(less common) alternative reading for Ame no Uzume

(Shinto, Japanese mythology) a goddess who performed a merry ritual dance to entertain the gods of heaven, to lure 天照 (Amaterasu) out of the cave 天岩戸 (Ama no Iwato)

virgin, maiden