popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) abbreviation historical term poetical term
- haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryลซ, etc.)
- haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)
- absurd, comical
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- envoy to Tang China
popular historical term derogatory noun noun (generic) noun (prefix) abbreviation food, cooking
- southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
- South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
- Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
- foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe), exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
- chili pepper
- nanban, dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
- thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- nishiki-e, multi-colour woodblock print
popular noun noun (generic) historical term
- fighting windmills, tilting at windmills
- mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- ritsuryล, criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
popular noun noun (generic) historical term
- mountain range
- Lian Shan (Xia-period method of Chinese divination)
popular historical term noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- koban, small oval gold coin used in the Edo period
- oval, elliptical, oblong
- small size (of paper)
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) historical term
- restoration of imperial rule
- Restoration (England)
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- (Japanese) Imperial Army