Meanings

an old woman's gray hair

the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar

The Seventeen-Article Constitution

ousting of vice-minister Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters from the Meiji government (1881)

The Twenty-One Demands

bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness

grudge of ten years' standing

outstanding reading ability

narrow escape from the jaws of death

the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat

to make the sign of the cross

days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

kanji "twenty legs" radical (radical 55)

ten spiritual realms

Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)

twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

Crux (constellation)

age fifty