six

the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)

the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness)

sixth heaven (of the desire realm)

six o'clock ②six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

dunce

crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)

sextant

endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds

nincompoop

husband

instrumental sextet

six-chambered (revolver)

hexahedron

the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment

beginning to learn (something) when one is old

regular hexahedron

six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind)

sixteen

64th note

the six senses

six (long cylindrical things)

the five viscera and the six internal organs ②inside one's body

hexagon

the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)

purification of the six roots of perception

competent in all fields

six immortals of poetry

six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind)

hexagon

rush of business

the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder)

six codes (constitution, civil code, criminal code, commercial code, code of civil procedure, code of criminal procedure) ②Compendium of Laws

compendium of laws

hexagonal prism

yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, light ②cold, heat, dryness, dampness, wind, fire ③six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate)

the sixth sense

hexagonal building

arsphenamine

the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, and down) ②hexagonal

six ②six years of age ③six o'clock (old time system)

snow

six ministries (of Zhou dynasty China)

the Six Kingdoms (of China's Warring States period: Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Wei and Zhao) ②the six tree-derived incense varieties used in kōdō ceremonies

the universe

the six classes of Chinese characters ②the six historical styles of writing Chinese characters ③Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)

The Six Secret Teachings and The Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (two ancient Chinese military treatises) ②secrets (of the art of war, etc.)

Rikkokushi

the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

six forms of the Shi Jing (genre: folk song, festal song, hymn; style: narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison) ②six forms of waka (allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, congratulatory) ③six principles of calligraphy ④six classes of kanji characters

Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen) ②calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period

six ministers (of the six Zhou dynasty Chinese ministries)

Six Ministries (in Sui dynasty to Qing dynasty China)

The Pleiades

sextuplets

age sixty

around 6pm

the sixth hour of the morning

dividing something into six pieces

(approx.) six o'clock (am or pm, old time system)

nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

six days a week

Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967)

Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967)

the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat

sixteen-day-old moon

six

something that comes too late to be useful

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