This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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ひい、ひ、そう
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
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未曾有

未曽有
みぞう、みそう
unprecedented; unheard of
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曾孫

曽孫、ひ孫
ひまご、そうそん、ひいまご、ひこ、ひひこ、ひこまご
great-grandchild
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曾祖母

曽祖母
そうそぼ、ひいばば、ひばば、ひおおば
great-grandmother; great-grandma
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曾祖父

曽祖父
そうそふ、ひいじじ、ひじじ、ひおおじ
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
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曽祖父母

そうそふぼ
great-grandparents
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木曽馬

きそうま
var. of horse raised in Nagano and Gifu
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木曽路

きそじ
section of the Nakasendo
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鬢削ぎ

鬢そぎ、鬢枇、鬢曽木、鬢除ぎ
びんそぎ
cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867)