drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
Heian-kyō; former name of Kyoto, capital city of Japan from 794 to 1869
fence; hedge; railing; barrier; wall
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
intersection on a go board; grid layout (e.g. of streets); grid pattern
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
doing as one is told; yes-man
recitation; reciting from memory
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
with a collapse; with a slump
enumeration; citation; listing
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period); commandery (in China)
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
reopening; resumption; restarting
foreign; abroad; overseas
various countries; various regions; various provinces