popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
- carving, engraving, cutting, mincing
- victory
- strictness, cruelty
popular historical term art, aesthetics noun noun (generic)
- ukiyo-e, ukiyoe, Edo-period woodblock print
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
popular noun noun (generic) historical term
- recent past, recent times
- early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
popular JLPT N1 historical term noun noun (generic) archaic
- warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai
- man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone historical term sensitive derogatory archaic
- log
- dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
- test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII)
- prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
popular honorific language suffix historical term noun noun (generic)
- Lord, Sir
- state minister (under the ritsuryล system)
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- West Germany (1949-1990), Federal Republic of Germany
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- Muromachi period (1336-1573)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) historical term
- district, county
- district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryล period)
- commandery (in China)