| 防衛庁 | [ぼうえいちょう, boueichou] (n) (See 防衛省) Japan Defense Agency (Defence) (became Japanese Ministry of Defense in Jan. 2007); (P) #12,785 [Add to Longdo] |
| 血の日曜日 | [ちのにちようび, chinonichiyoubi] (n) Bloody Sunday (esp. the Jan. 22, 1905 Saint Petersburg incident) [Add to Longdo] |
| 後七日の御修法 | [ごしちにちのみしほ;ごしちにちのみずほう, goshichinichinomishiho ; goshichinichinomizuhou] (n) annual Shingon prayer ritual (Jan. 8-14) [Add to Longdo] |
| 御用始め;ご用始め | [ごようはじめ, goyouhajime] (n) (See 御用納め) re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. Jan. 4) [Add to Longdo] |
| 小寒 | [しょうかん, shoukan] (n) (See 二十四節気) "minor cold" solar term (approx. Jan. 6) [Add to Longdo] |
| 新年宴会 | [しんねんえんかい, shinnen'enkai] (n) (1) New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on Jan. 5, prior to WWII); (2) (See 新年会) New Year's party [Add to Longdo] |
| 人間宣言 | [にんげんせんげん, ningensengen] (n) Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946) [Add to Longdo] |
| 天皇人間宣言 | [てんのうにんげんせんげん, tennouningensengen] (n) Imperial Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946) [Add to Longdo] |
