Definition of Saikei

1. a landscape of bonsai [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saikei

saics
said
said(a)
said and done
saide
saidest
saids
saids vaccines
saidst
saie
saif
saifs
saiga
saigas
saignée
saikei (current term)
saikeis
saikless
saikyr
saikyrs
sail
sail'd
sail-plan
sail close to the wind
sail curve
sail sound
sail through
sailable
sailaufite
sailboard

Literary usage of Saikei

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Captive of Love: Founded Upon Bakin's Japanese Romance Kumono Tayema Ama by Edward Greey, Bakin Takizawa (1885)
"saikei SUSPENDS A ROPE OF STRAW ACROSS THE WATERFALL OF MOUNT IWATO. ... The billowy mass fell from about saikei, and, closing in compact form, ..."

2. Sunrise Stories: A Glance at the Literature of Japan by Roger Riordan, Tozo Takayanagi (1896)
"But saikei dodged his blow and, picking up a bronze incense burner, ... As for saikei, he at once took to his heels, carrying away the temple funds, ..."

3. Nieuw archief voor wiskunde by Stichting Mathematisch centrum, Wiskundig Genootschap (Netherlands), Wiskundig Genootschap (1907)
"Next, I shall briefly explain WADA'S methods of finding the area of a circle by employing the two methods, namely the saikei-jumpo and the ..."

4. A System of the Law of Marine Insurances: With Three Chapters on Bottomry by James Allan Park (1800)
"... the life of Sir Robert Howard for one year, from the day of z saikei-d 6zc. the date thereof; the policy w?s dated on the 3d day of Stp- ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The venerable city of Kyoto, which had remained the capital since 794, was at the same time renamed Saikyo or saikei—ie 'western capital. ..."

6. The Land of the Morning: An Account of Japan and Its People by William Gray Dixon (1882)
"... or saikei, ie, Western Capital. Here he built a palace very unlike the simple dwellings in which his predecessors had been content to live. ..."

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