List: historical term

popular  search-only kanji form  historical term  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
• reminiscent of the Shōwa era, Shōwa-nostalgic, old-fashioned, quaint, old-school

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  noun (suffix)  historical term 

• expert, learned person
• doctor, PhD, Dr.
• instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period)
• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

popular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  historical term  counter 

• railway station, train station
• staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
• counter for railway stations and bus stations

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  historical term 

• (compulsory) retirement age, age limit
• (compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age), mandatory retirement
• minimum years of service at a particular rank before eligibility for promotion (in the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy)

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• civilization, civilisation, culture
• Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

popular  abbreviation  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• elementary school, primary school, grade school
• school for children over eight years old in ancient China
• traditional Chinese philology

popular  historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• (ancient) Japan, Yamato kingdom, state of Yamato
• Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

popular  abbreviation  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• national railway
• Japan National Railways (1949-1987)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  historical term 

• general
• shogun

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• cloth, fabric, material, textile
• bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)