Meanings

large ball

Taishō democracy

Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)

the ten great disciples (of Buddha)

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

Asplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort)

to raise one's voice

Atavaka (guardian deity)

Tibetan Buddhist canon

large bird

long month (i.e. having 31 days)

the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)

Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)

Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)

the great evil god

hall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi (at a Shingon temple)

Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness)

large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana)

macromolecule