[しょう, shou] (n, n-pref) (1) smallness; small item; (2) (See 小の月) short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); (3) (abbr) (See 小学校) elementary school; (4) younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); (5) (arch) unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) #659
[まさ, masa] (n, adj-no) (1) (logical) true; regular; (2) 10^40; (3) (abbr) (See 正本・せいほん) original; (4) { math } (See 負・ふ) positive; greater than zero; (P) #784
[ゆかたじ, yukataji] (n) yukata cloth material; special light woven material 36-40cm wide for making yukata
[アヘンせんそう, ahen sensou] (n) Opium War (1840-42)
[arafo-] (exp) (See アラフィフ) around 40 (years of age, esp. women) (eng
[アルテミシアぞく, arutemishia zoku] (n) (See ヨモギ属) Artemisia (genus of a between 200 to 400 species of plants in the daisy family Asteraceae)
[ウかんむり, u kanmuri] (n) (宀) (See 字・じ・1) "roof" kanji radical at top (radical 40)
[e-esuyonhyaku] (n) { comp } AS-400
[エジプトトルコせんそう, ejiputotoruko sensou] (n) Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
[ekkusuyonhyaku] (n) { comp } X.400
[オーストリアけいしょうせんそう, o-sutoria keishousensou] (n) War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
[ドチザメか, dochizame ka] (n) Triakidae (family of houndsharks consisting of about 40 species in 9 genera)
[bibappu ; bi-bappu] (n) bebop (1940s popular music)
[fukko ; fukko] (n) (See 鱸) juvenile Japanese sea perch (usu. 2-3 years in age and 40-60 cm in length)
[ヨモギぞく(ヨモギ属;ヨモギ屬);よもぎぞく(蓬属), yomogi zoku ( yomogi zoku ; yomogi zoku ); yomogizoku ( yomogi zoku )] (n) (See 蓬, アルテミシア属) Artemisia (genus of a between 200 to 400 species of plants in the daisy family Asteraceae)
[rekurie-shonarudaibingu] (n) recreational diving; no decompression stop diving; diving at depths which do not exceed 40 meters or 130 feet
[あんせいとごふ, anseitogofu] (n) (See 都護府) Protectorate General to Pacify the West; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE
[えんおう, en'ou] (n) En'ou era (1239.2.7-1240.7.16)
[えんげん, engen] (n) Engen era (of the Southern Court) (1336.2.29-1340.4.28)
[こうこく, koukoku] (n, vs) (1) making a country prosperous; prosperous country; (2) Koukoku era (of the Southern Court) (1340.4.28-1346.12.8)
[ごうりせい, gourisei] (n) (See 国郡里制) township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE)
[こうかど, koukado] (exp) high fired (e.g. 1400 degrees); high fired (porcelain)
[こくみんふく, kokuminfuku] (n) national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)
[さんが, sanga] (n) longevity celebration (on one's 40th, 50th, 60th, etc. birthday)
[しこうろくみん, shikourokumin] (n) (arch) land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
[しゃかいたいしゅうとう, shakaitaishuutou] (n) Socialist Masses Party (pre-war political party; established in 1932, eliminated by the government in 1940)
[さかむし;さけむし;しゅちゅう, sakamushi ; sakemushi ; shuchuu] (n) (from 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio', 1740) mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol)
[しゅんじゅうじだい, shunjuujidai] (n) Spring and Autumn period (of Chinese history, approx. 770-403 BCE)
[しょろう, shorou] (n, adj-no) past middle-aged; aging; ageing; elderly; age 40; (P)
[じんぎいん, jingiin] (n) (obs) Institute of Divinities (1940-1946)
[じんじゃきょく, jinjakyoku] (n) (obs) Bureau of Shrine Affairs (1900-1940)
[にんじ, ninji] (n) Ninji era (1240.7.16-1243.2.26)
[せんごくじだい, sengokujidai] (n) (1) Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); (2) Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); (3) era of vicious competition
[くさかんむり(草冠);そうこう, kusakanmuri ( kusa kan ); soukou] (n) (1) kanji "grass radical" (radical 140); (2) grass crown
[たいせいよくさんかい, taiseiyokusankai] (n) Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940-1945)
[ちょうきゅう, choukyuu] (n) (1) permanence; perpetuity; (2) Choukyuu era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24); (P)
[ちょうりゃく, chouryaku] (n) Chouryaku era (1037.4.21-1040.11.10)
[ないかくじょうほうきょく, naikakujouhoukyoku] (n) Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945); Cabinet Information Board
[はちまんしせん, hachimanshisen] (n) (1) { Buddh } 84000; (2) many
[みんせいとう, minseitou] (n) (abbr) (See 立憲民政党) Constitutional Democratic Party (1927-1940)
[やぎりのわたし, yagirinowatashi] (n) Yagiri No Watashi (ferry that has been taking passengers across the Edo river for nearly 400 years)
[りっけんみんせいとう, rikkenminseitou] (n) (See 民政党) Constitutional Democratic Party (1927-1940)
[となりぐみ, tonarigumi] (n) neighborhood association (established in Japan in 1940); neighbourhood association
[べんぶ, benbu] (n) (See ウ冠) "roof" kanji radical (radical 40)
[そうぶ, soubu] (n) (See 草冠) kanji "grass radical" (radical 140)