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] |