noun:

• Earth light (illumination of the moon by light reflected from the Earth); earthshine

noun:

• thin leather with gold patterns (introduced from Europe during the Edo period)

noun:

• expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan

noun:

• novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk

noun:

• Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido ➜ 蝦夷地【えぞち】

noun:

• here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place ➜ 何処・其処・彼処
• these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker) ➜ 今迄
• these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ... ➜ 此れから

noun:

• three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)

noun:

• last moment; eleventh hour - idiom
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period - orig. meaning

noun:

• low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

noun:

• linen kariginu - archaism ➜ 狩衣
• (during the Edo period) plain kariginu

noun:

• town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

noun:

• type of brothel in Yoshiwara (Edo period) ➜ 埋茶女郎

noun:

• notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification ➜ 達し
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties ➜ 御触書

noun:

• foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language

noun:

• good offices; auspices; sponsorship; help; assistance
• village official (during the Edo period)

noun:

• former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period) ➜ バテレン

noun:

• the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period - Shintō term

noun:

• debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods) - archaism

noun:

• Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266) ➜ 三国【さんごく】
• Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)

noun / ~する noun:

• lighting a sacred flame by the light of the Sun

noun:

• outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)

noun:

• Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period ➜ 青蓮院流

noun:

• break between the light meal and the actual serving of tea (during a formal tea ceremony)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to slip into for the purposes of sex (e.g. lover's house, hotel, red light district, etc.); to shack up with
• to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)