Meanings

age ninety

dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)

thirty-four (orig. thirty-three) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture

the emperor

thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)

the ten good acts

the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law)

worlds of the ten directions

the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up and down)

the 72 microseasons of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into 3

the Twenty-Two Shrines

the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)

Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)

twenty years

D-pad (directional keypad on a video game controller, remote control, etc.)

Iron Cross

Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE)

ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)

the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)