| 越 | [Yuè, ㄩㄝˋ, 越] generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 #440 [Add to Longdo] |
| 南京 | [Nán jīng, ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ, 南 京] Nanjing prefecture level city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; capital of China at different historical periods #1,526 [Add to Longdo] |
| 齐 | [Qí, ㄑㄧˊ, 齐 / 齊] (name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qi #2,470 [Add to Longdo] |
| 三国 | [Sān guó, ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 三 国 / 三 國] Three Kingdoms period following the break-up of the Han (220-280); several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658 #2,792 [Add to Longdo] |
| 吴 | [Wú, ㄨˊ, 吴 / 吳] surname Wu; province of Jiangsu; name of Southern China states at different historical periods #3,873 [Add to Longdo] |
| 梁 | [Liáng, ㄌㄧㄤˊ, 梁] name of Kingdoms and Dynasties at different periods; surname Liang #4,179 [Add to Longdo] |
| 南京市 | [Nán jīng shì, ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˋ, 南 京 市] Nanjing prefecture level city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; capital of China at different historical periods #7,629 [Add to Longdo] |
| 时分 | [shí fēn, ㄕˊ ㄈㄣ, 时 分 / 時 分] time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 #10,229 [Add to Longdo] |
| 后代 | [hòu dài, ㄏㄡˋ ㄉㄞˋ, 后 代 / 後 代] posterity; later periods; later ages; later generations #10,482 [Add to Longdo] |
| 时辰 | [shí chen, ㄕˊ ㄔㄣ˙, 时 辰 / 時 辰] time; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day #12,983 [Add to Longdo] |
| 黄金周 | [huáng jīn zhōu, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄡ, 黄 金 周 / 黃 金 周] Golden Week; refers to three 7-day holiday periods at New Year 春節|春节, Labor day 勞動節|劳动节, National day 國慶|国庆 #16,062 [Add to Longdo] |
| 诸侯 | [zhū hóu, ㄓㄨ ㄏㄡˊ, 诸 侯 / 諸 侯] feudal vassal; feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC; subordinate warlord #17,204 [Add to Longdo] |
| 北平 | [Běi píng, ㄅㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ, 北 平] Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) #19,709 [Add to Longdo] |
| 燕京 | [Yān jīng, ㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ, 燕 京] Yanjing, an old name for Beijing; capital of Yan at different periods #26,668 [Add to Longdo] |
| 吴国 | [Wú guó, ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 吴 国 / 吳 國] Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods); Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms #28,941 [Add to Longdo] |
| 吴越 | [Wú Yuè, ㄨˊ ㄩㄝˋ, 吴 越 / 吳 越] states of south China in different historical periods; proverbially perpetual arch-enemies #32,256 [Add to Longdo] |
| 春秋战国 | [chūn qiū zhàn guó, ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄓㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 春 秋 战 国 / 春 秋 戰 國] the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods #38,850 [Add to Longdo] |
| 越国 | [Yuè guó, ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 越 国 / 越 國] Yue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods #50,975 [Add to Longdo] |
| 二十四节气 | [èr shí sì jié qi, ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄑㄧ˙, 二 十 四 节 气 / 二 十 四 節 氣] the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods #51,224 [Add to Longdo] |
| 三伏 | [sān fú, ㄙㄢ ㄈㄨˊ, 三 伏] three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely 初伏 (mid-July), 中伏 (late July to early August), 末伏 (mid-August) #69,729 [Add to Longdo] |
| 中伏 | [zhōng fú, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄈㄨˊ, 中 伏] last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year #85,730 [Add to Longdo] |
| 评话 | [píng huà, ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 评 话 / 評 話] storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary #90,340 [Add to Longdo] |
| 平话 | [píng huà, ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 平 话 / 平 話] storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary #91,734 [Add to Longdo] |
| 头伏 | [tóu fú, ㄊㄡˊ ㄈㄨˊ, 头 伏 / 頭 伏] first of three 10 day periods of hot season #111,437 [Add to Longdo] |
| 虞世南 | [Yú Shì nán, ㄩˊ ㄕˋ ㄋㄢˊ, 虞 世 南] Yu Shi'nan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Poets of early Tang 唐初四大家 #118,633 [Add to Longdo] |
| 初伏 | [chū fú, ㄔㄨ ㄈㄨˊ, 初 伏] middle ten days of July, the first of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year #167,063 [Add to Longdo] |
| 末伏 | [mò fú, ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ, 末 伏] middle ten days of August, the last of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year #174,956 [Add to Longdo] |
| 二伏 | [èr fú, ㄦˋ ㄈㄨˊ, 二 伏] same as 中伏, last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year [Add to Longdo] |
| 古文运动 | [gǔ wén yùn dòng, ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ, 古 文 运 动 / 古 文 運 動] cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song [Add to Longdo] |
| 春秋战国时代 | [Chūn qiū Zhàn guó shí dài, ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄓㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄕˊ ㄉㄞˋ, 春 秋 战 国 时 代 / 春 秋 戰 國 時 代] the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221) periods; Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC) [Add to Longdo] |
| 疏勒国 | [Shū lè guó, ㄕㄨ ㄌㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 疏 勒 国 / 疏 勒 國] Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods [Add to Longdo] |
| 白鹤梁 | [Bái hè liáng, ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ, 白 鹤 梁 / 白 鶴 梁] White Crane ridge at Fuling, Sechuan on the Changjiang river, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings [Add to Longdo] |
| 蜀国 | [Shǔ guó, ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 蜀 国 / 蜀 國] Sichuan; the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods; the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 during the Three Kingdoms [Add to Longdo] |
| 黃金週 | [huáng jīn zhōu, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄡ, 黃 金 週] Golden Week; refers to three 7-day holiday periods at New Year 春節|春节, Labor day 勞動節|劳动节, National day 國慶|国庆; also written 黃金周|黄金周 [Add to Longdo] |
| 使 | [し, shi] (n) (1) messenger; (2) (abbr) (See 検非違使) police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); (3) { Buddh } (See 煩悩・2) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) #5,417 [Add to Longdo] |
| 御家人;ご家人 | [ごけにん, gokenin] (n) lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods #16,420 [Add to Longdo] |
| 矢倉;岩倉;窟 | [やぐら, yagura] (n) (uk) caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods #19,713 [Add to Longdo] |
| 安宅船;阿武船 | [あたけぶね, atakebune] (n) large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods [Add to Longdo] |
| 一向一揆 | [いっこういっき, ikkouikki] (n) Jodo Shinshu Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 一暴十寒 | [いちばくじっかん, ichibakujikkan] (exp) (1) bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness; (2) strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius) [Add to Longdo] |
| 右大臣 | [うだいじん, udaijin] (n) Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 往来物 | [おうらいもの, ouraimono] (n) (arch) elementary school textbook, used from late Heian to early Meiji periods [Add to Longdo] |
| 何期も | [なんきも, nankimo] (n) many periods [Add to Longdo] |
| 家司 | [けいし;けし;いえづかさ, keishi ; keshi ; iedukasa] (n) (1) steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period); (2) (See 政所・3) administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 弓場始め | [ゆばはじめ, yubahajime] (n) (1) ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods); (2) first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families)) [Add to Longdo] |
| 検非違使 | [けびいし;けんびいし;けいびいし, kebiishi ; kenbiishi ; keibiishi] (n) police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 古備前 | [こびぜん, kobizen] (n) (1) Bizen sword (mid-Heian to early Kamakura periods); (2) (See 備前焼) ancient Bizen ware (Kamakura to early Momoyama periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 五時教 | [ごじきょう, gojikyou] (n) { Buddh } (See 五時八教) division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five periods (theory of the Tendai sect) [Add to Longdo] |
| 五時八教 | [ごじはっきょう, gojihakkyou] (n) { Buddh } (See 五時教) division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect) [Add to Longdo] |
| 五夜 | [ごや, goya] (n) (1) (arch) division of the night (from approx. 7 pm to 5 am) into five 2-hour periods; (2) the fifth of these periods (approx. 3 am to 5 am) [Add to Longdo] |
| 御斎会 | [ごさいえ;みさいえ, gosaie ; misaie] (n) (See 金光明最勝王経) imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 皇朝十二銭 | [こうちょうじゅうにせん, kouchoujuunisen] (n) twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods [Add to Longdo] |
| 左大臣 | [さだいじん, sadaijin] (n) Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 三代 | [さんだい, sandai] (n) (1) three generations; three periods; (2) third generation; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 侍所 | [さむらいどころ;さぶらいどころ, samuraidokoro ; saburaidokoro] (n) (1) (esp. さむらいどころ) Board of Retainers; Kamakura- and Muromachi-period government office; (2) (esp. さぶらいどころ) samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 寺入り | [てらいり, terairi] (n) (1) (See 寺子屋) to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school; (2) incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods); (3) to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 寺預け | [てらあずけ, teraazuke] (n) (obsc) (See 寺入り) incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 政所 | [まんどころ;まどころ;まつりごとどころ, mandokoro ; madokoro ; matsurigotodokoro] (n) (1) official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); (2) (hon) (abbr) (See 北の政所) titled lady (legal wife of an important official); (3) government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); (4) clerk working for large temples and shrines [Add to Longdo] |
| 段袋;駄袋 | [だんぶくろ, danbukuro] (n) (1) large cloth sack; (2) baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鉄鏃 | [てつぞく, tetsuzoku] (n) iron arrow-head (from the Yayoi and Kofun periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 天気祭;天気祭り | [てんきまつり, tenkimatsuri] (n) ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain) [Add to Longdo] |
| 渡来神 | [とらいしん, toraishin] (n) (See 渡来) deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particulalry the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) [Add to Longdo] |
| 徳政令 | [とくせいれい, tokuseirei] (n) (arch) debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 内教坊 | [ないきょうぼう, naikyoubou] (n) (arch) part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 二期 | [にき, niki] (n) two periods or terms; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 入宋 | [にっそう, nissou] (n) (arch) journeying to Sung China during the Heian and Kamakura periods [Add to Longdo] |
| 武家伝奏 | [ぶけでんそう, bukedensou] (n) Imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 本領安堵 | [ほんりょうあんど, honryouando] (n) recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 洋銀 | [ようぎん, yougin] (n) (1) German silver; nickel silver; (2) silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods [Add to Longdo] |
| 六国史 | [りっこくし, rikkokushi] (n) Rikkokushi (the six ancient Japanese historical collections compiled between the Nara and Heian periods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 六時 | [ろくじ, rokuji] (n) (1) six o'clock; (2) { Buddh } (See 晨朝, 日中・1, 日没, 初夜, 中夜, 後夜・1) six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night) [Add to Longdo] |
| 繧繝;暈繝 | [うんげん;うげん, ungen ; ugen] (n) method of dying in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods [Add to Longdo] |
