(obsolete) Alternative spelling of メリケン

Short for 日本漢字能力検定 (Nihon Kanji Nōryoku Kentei).

keloid

Hypomesus japonicus

foresight

to foresee

the Jinan incident of 1928

(Buddhism) oṃ a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ: a incantation directed to 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai, “Mahavairocana”)

(Buddhism) a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ: a mantra or incantation directed to 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai, “Mahavairocana”), the five syllables representing the five elements in Japanese philosophy

(historical) a kind of dagger used by the samurai class, carried in the 懐 (futokoro, “chest area of a kimono above the 帯 (obi, “sash”) and inside the collar”) for self-defense