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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必須

ひっす、ひっしゅ、ひっすう
indispensable; required
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恵比寿

恵比須、戎、夷、蛭子
えびす、ゑびす、えべす、ひるこ
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
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須義

すぎ、スギ
cobia (Rachycentron canadum); sergeant fish
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須恵器

陶器
すえき
Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)
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須弥山

しゅみせん
Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)
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須弥壇

しゅみだん
dais for a Buddhist image
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須要

しゅよう
absolutely necessary
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須髯

しゅぜん
beard
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長須鯨

長簀鯨
ながすくじら、ナガスクジラ
fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
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えびす講

恵比寿講、恵比須講、夷講、戎講
えびすこう
fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)