旧暦 | [きゅうれき, kyuureki] (n) Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar; (P) #1,792 [Add to Longdo] |
大日本帝国 | [だいにっぽんていこく, dainipponteikoku] (n) Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution) #4,386 [Add to Longdo] |
日本一 | [にほんいち(P);にっぽんいち, nihon'ichi (P); nippon'ichi] (n, adj-no) Japan's best; number one in Japan; (P) #6,120 [Add to Longdo] |
古事記 | [こじき;ふることふみ, kojiki ; furukotofumi] (n) Records of Ancient Matters (Japan's oldest historical record) #14,718 [Add to Longdo] |
万葉集;萬葉集 | [まんようしゅう, manyoushuu] (n) Manyoushuu (famous 8thC poetry); Japan's oldest anthology of poems #19,003 [Add to Longdo] |
国学 | [こくがく, kokugaku] (n) (1) study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (2) (arch) (See 大学・2) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law); (P) #19,677 [Add to Longdo] |
ヒョウザメ | [hyouzame] (n) Proscyllium venustum (species of finback catshark found in Japan's Okinawa Trough) [Add to Longdo] |
旭日旗 | [きょくじつき, kyokujitsuki] (n) Japan's naval ensign; Japanese flag used on military ships [Add to Longdo] |
永田町 | [ながたちょう, nagatachou] (n) Nagata-chou (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street) [Add to Longdo] |
外教 | [がいきょう;げきょう, gaikyou ; gekyou] (n) (1) (がいきょう only) foreign religion (from Japan's perspective, esp. Christianity); (2) { Buddh } (esp. げきょう) (ant [Add to Longdo] |
企業短期経済観測調査 | [きぎょうたんきけいざいかんそくちょうさ, kigyoutankikeizaikansokuchousa] (n) (See 日銀短観・にちぎんたんかん) the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey [Add to Longdo] |
吉野時代 | [よしのじだい, yoshinojidai] (n) (obsc) (See 南北朝時代) Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
吉野朝時代 | [よしのちょうじだい, yoshinochoujidai] (n) (obsc) (See 南北朝時代) Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
遣隋使 | [けんずいし, kenzuishi] (n) Japan's envoy to Sui dynasty China [Add to Longdo] |
皇民化政策 | [こうみんかせいさく, kouminkaseisaku] (n) imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation [Add to Longdo] |
高度成長期 | [こうどせいちょうき, koudoseichouki] (n) period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII) [Add to Longdo] |
三冠馬 | [さんかんば, sankanba] (n) winner of Japan's three main horse races; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
三二年テーゼ;32年テーゼ | [さんじゅうにねんテーゼ, sanjuuninen te-ze] (n) 1932 Theses; Comintern policy documents urging overthrow of Japan's imperial and metayage systems [Add to Longdo] |
三名山 | [さんめいざん, sanmeizan] (n) (abbr) (See 日本三名山) Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) [Add to Longdo] |
三霊山 | [さんれいざん, sanreizan] (n) (abbr) (See 日本三霊山・にほんさんれいざん) Japan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) [Add to Longdo] |
新聞倫理綱領 | [しんぶんりんりこうりょう, shinbunrinrikouryou] (n) Japan's press code (developed in 1946) [Add to Longdo] |
神武以来 | [じんむいらい;じんむこのかた, jinmuirai ; jinmukonokata] (adj-no, n-adv, n-t) since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented [Add to Longdo] |
全国高等学校野球選手権大会 | [ぜんこくこうとうがっこうやきゅうせんしゅけんたいかい, zenkokukoutougakkouyakyuusenshukentaikai] (n) Japan's National High School Baseball Tournament (Koshien) [Add to Longdo] |
体験入隊 | [たいけんにゅうたい, taikennyuutai] (n) boot camp for new recruits (conducted by Japan's Self-Defence Force) [Add to Longdo] |
貸与権 | [たいよけん, taiyoken] (n) lending rights (for copyrighted works under Japan's copyright law) [Add to Longdo] |
短観 | [たんかん, tankan] (n) (abbr) (See 日銀短観・にちぎんたんかん) the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey [Add to Longdo] |
中央省庁再編 | [ちゅうおうしょうちょうさいへん, chuuoushouchousaihen] (n) Japan's 2001 central government restructuring [Add to Longdo] |
天保暦 | [てんぽうれき, tenpoureki] (n) Japan's last lunisolar calendar (in use from 1844 to 1872) [Add to Longdo] |
日銀短観 | [にちぎんたんかん, nichigintankan] (n) (abbr) (See 企業短期経済観測調査・きぎょうたんきけいざいかんそくちょうさ) the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey [Add to Longdo] |
日本三景 | [にほんさんけい, nihonsankei] (n) Japan's three famous sights [Add to Longdo] |
日本三名山 | [にほんさんめいざん, nihonsanmeizan] (n) (See 三名山) Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) [Add to Longdo] |
日本三霊山 | [にほんさんれいざん, nihonsanreizan] (n) Japan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) [Add to Longdo] |
日本有数 | [にほんゆうすう, nihonyuusuu] (adj-no, n) one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan [Add to Longdo] |
被差別部落民 | [ひさべつぶらくみん, hisabetsuburakumin] (n) Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group) [Add to Longdo] |
非核三原則 | [ひかくさんげんそく, hikakusangensoku] (n) Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory) [Add to Longdo] |
非人 | [ひにん, hinin] (n) (vulg) one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants) [Add to Longdo] |
富本銭 | [ふほんせん, fuhonsen] (n) (See 和同開珎) Japan's first coinage (dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation) [Add to Longdo] |
部落民 | [ぶらくみん, burakumin] (n) (sens) (See 被差別部落民) Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group) [Add to Longdo] |
文明開化 | [ぶんめいかいか, bunmeikaika] (n) Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation) [Add to Longdo] |
和同開珎 | [わどうかいちん;わどうかいほ, wadoukaichin ; wadoukaiho] (n) (See 和銅, 富本銭) Japan's first circulated coinage (minted in 708 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
穢多(ateji) | [えた, eta] (n) (vulg) (See 被差別部落民) one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses) [Add to Longdo] |