List: historical term

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• books printed in Japan by the Jesuits (1590-1612)

historical term  sumo  noun  noun (generic) 

• fund-raising tournaments (during the Edo period)

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

• section of Kodenmachō Prison (in Edo) used for holding high-ranking prisoners awaiting trial

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• carrying out covert operations without being seen (of a ninja)

noun  noun (generic)  historical term  noun (suffix) 

• China
• Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE)
• Han (majority Chinese ethnic group)
• man

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Xirong, Rong, inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE), barbarians to the west

yojijukugo  historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)

historical term  yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor

yojijukugo  historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)

irregular kanji usage  historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• quiver (cylindrical and worn on the back or hip)