せいし

Noun

 * 1)  looking at something directly, looking someone straight in the eye
 * 2)  restraint, control; shushing, silencing
 * 3)  a word of admonishment or warning; in poetry, a word that is forbidden due to scansion, rarity, or unfamiliarity
 * 4)  silk spinning, the manufacture of silk thread
 * 5)  papermaking, the manufacture of paper
 * 6)  repose, a standstill, a stationary or motionless state
 * 7)  the act of pruning a plant into a specific shape

Verb

 * 1)  to look at something directly, to look someone straight in the eye
 * 2)  to restrain or control someone; to shush or silence someone
 * 3)  to spin silk, to manufacture silk thread
 * 4)  to make paper
 * 5)  to be stationary in one location; to be motionless
 * 6)  to prune a plant into a specific shape

Noun

 * 1)  an heir, a successor
 * 2)  correct or authentic history
 * 3)  in traditional Japanese trigonometry, the difference between one and the cosine of a given angle
 * 4)  a central or main messenger
 * 5)  looking at something directly, looking someone straight in the eye
 * 6)  life or death;  fate, destiny
 * 7)  a shrine for the worship of someone still living
 * 8)  unprocessed or raw paper
 * 9)  teething ; a child born that year;  the people
 * 10)  a permanent or adult tooth
 * 11)  a western-style poem
 * 12)  family name, surname; lineage
 * 13)  a history, a record, an annal
 * 14)  blue or green thread;  beautiful black hair
 * 15)  the sixth-ranked servant of a noble; a low-ranking young servant or samurai
 * 16)  blue and purple; bluish purple; a noble, the nobility; clothing worn by the nobility when attending at court
 * 17)  a reflection or thinking back on one's actions
 * 18)  a flag, a banner
 * 19)  an emperor's thoughts and opinions; a saint's or sage's thoughts and opinions
 * 20)  sperm, spermatozoa
 * 21)  sharkfin (as a food)
 * 22)  a piece of paper with a written oath; more specifically, a written vow of love shared between two lovers
 * 23)  the words of an oath, promise, or vow; a promise, oath, or similar resolution made to a deity
 * 24)  quiet thought, contemplation, or meditation about something

Verb

 * 1)  to look at something directly, to look someone straight in the eye
 * 2)  to teethe
 * 3)  to reflect or think back on one's actions
 * 4)  to make a promise, oath, or similar resolution to a deity
 * 5)  to think, contemplate, or meditate quietly about something