seven

words containing 七

• 七しち seven
• 十七じゅうなな seventeen, 17
• 七ななつ seven
• 七十ななじゅう seventy, 70
• 七日なのか 7th day of the month
• 七月しちがつ July
• 七色なないろ seven colours (of the rainbow), prismatic colors
• 七不思議ななふしぎ seven wonders (of a particular area)
• 七夕たなばた Star Festival (held in July or August), Tanabata, Festival of the Weaver
• 七百ななひゃく 700, seven hundred
• 七本ななほん seven (long cylindrical things)
• 七五三しちごさん shichi-go-san, 7-5-3 day, festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3 held on or around November 15
• 七五三しめ rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
• 七分しちぶん type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
• 七味しちみ seven delicious flavors (flavours)
• 七三しちさん seven-to-three ratio, 70-30 split
• 七面鳥しちめんちょう turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
• 七輪しちりん portable earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
• 七転八倒しちてんばっとう tossing oneself about in great pain, writhing in agony
• 北斗七星ほくとしちせい the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
• 五七ごしち five and seven
• 親おやの七光ななひかり benefiting from the fame or influence of a parent, riding a parent's coat-tails
• 七ななつの大罪たいざい the Seven Deadly Sins
• 七星しちせい the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
• 七福神しちふくじん Seven Gods of Fortune, Seven Deities of Good Luck, Seven Lucky Gods
• 七並しちならべ fan-tan (game), sevens, parliament
• 七回忌しちかいき sixth anniversary of a death
• 初七日しょなのか memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
• 人ひとの噂うわさも七十五日しちじゅうごにち a wonder lasts but nine days, gossip lasts just 75 days
• 七草ななくさ the seven spring flowers
• 七ななつの海うみ the seven seas
• 七変化しちへんげ dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times
• 七分丈しちぶたけ three-quarter length (usu. clothing)
• 七宝しっぽう the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli)
• 七重ななえ sevenfold, seven-ply
• 七転ななころび八起やおき not giving up, keeping at it until one succeeds, falling seven times, getting up eight