(historical) Short for 邪馬台国 (Yamatai-koku): Yamatai

cast pearls before swine

Obsolete spelling of マニラ (Manira, “Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)”)

saibara (Heian-era genre of vocal music)

things are not as scary as they seems

To be clothed in furs and ride in a carriage drawn by well fed horses. That is, the outfit in which rich people dress when they go out.

(organic chemistry) hippurate

Alternative spelling of 邪馬台国

(Japanese mythology) son of 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi) and 木花開耶姫 (Ko no Hana no Sakuyabime), younger brother of 火照 (Hoderi), husband of 豊玉姫 (Toyotamabime), father of 鸕鷀草葺不合 (Ugaya Fukiaezu) and grandfather of Emperor Jinmu; he was known to have a conflict with his brother in the myth 海幸山幸 (Umisachi Yamasachi, “Luck of the Sea and Luck of the Mountain”)

begin with the lesser things to obtain the greater; he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin