List: historical term

archaic  historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system)

search-only kanji form  Shinto  noun  noun (generic)  historical term  rare term 

• senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest)
• priest (below chief priest and above junior priest)
• grasshopper, locust

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Grand Council of State (1868-1885)
• Department of State (under the ritsuryō system)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryō system)

archaic  historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryō system)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• two departments (under the ritsuryō system: the Dept. of State and the Dept. of Worship)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Xia dynasty (of China; c. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Western Zhou dynasty (of China; c 1046-771 BCE), Western Chou dynasty

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Eastern Zhou dynasty (of China; 771-256 BCE), Eastern Chou dynasty