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Vocabulary (12)

• 六つ時

  むつどき

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

• 十六打ち

  じゅうろくうち

  16-strand braided (rope)

• 三十六字母

  さんじゅうろくじぼ

  36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)

• Ａ六判

  エーろくばん

  A6 paper size (105mm x 148mm)

• 単六型

  たんろくがた

  AAAA size (battery)

• 四・一六事件

  しいちろくじけん

  April 16 incident (arrests of communists and members of other anti-government groups; 1929)

• Ｂ六判

  ビーろくばん

  B6 paper size (128 mm x 182 mm)

• 六十六部

  ろくじゅうろくぶ

  Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

• 一六日

  いちろくび

  Edo period to early Meiji non-working day falling on all days of the month with a 1 or a 6 in it (when written in kanji numerals, i.e. the 1st, 11th, 16th, 21st and 26th days of the month)

• 六曜

  ろくよう

  Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is

• 六輝

  ろっき

  Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is

• 十六茶

  じゅうろくちゃ

  Jūrokucha (blended tea drink)