noun:

• prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures) ➜ 県立高等学校

expression / noun:

• long, narrow house (e.g. traditional Kyoto townhouse); eel bed [literal] - colloquialism

noun:

• Jizo Festival (child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; 23-24 August)

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th) ➜ 祇園祭

noun:

• prefectural residents' tax (in Kyoto or Osaka) ➜ 県民税

noun:

• Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.) ➜ 十七殿

noun:

• dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)

noun:

• fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto) ➜ 大阪の食い倒れ・着倒れ

noun:

• Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

adverb:

• what street? (esp. in Kyoto and Sapporo)
• what article? (in a law)
• how can?; cannot possibly; there is no way - the 条 in 何条 is an ateji - archaism

noun:

• window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses) ➜ 虫籠格子

noun:

• Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15); Aoi Matsuri

noun:

• type of sweet made with bean paste (local delicacy in Kyoto); cinnamon-seasoned cracknel (cookie)
• zigzag bridge

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

noun:

• San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)

noun:

• return of government (to Kyoto); making former capital (esp. Kyoto) the capital again

noun:

• greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies (in Heian period Kyoto) ➜ 内裏

noun:

• women's New Year (15th day of the first month of the year); New Year for women who were too busy to celebrate on the 1st (Kyoto-Osaka) ➜ 小正月

noun:

• (head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)

noun:

• Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama) ➜ 稲魂
• Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
• fox (said to be messengers of Inari) ➜ 狐
• fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes) ➜ 油揚げ
• inarizushi - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ いなり寿司

noun:

• university; college ➜ 総合大学
• former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) - abbreviation ➜ 大学寮・国学【こくがく】
• the Great Learning (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun:

• priest - used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo - Shintō term
• member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system - archaism ➜ 四等官
• government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto - archaism
• prominent member of a town - archaism
• river boatman; captain of a riverboat
• (medieval) harbor manager - archaism
• bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands - archaism

noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

noun:

• neighboring country; neighbouring country
• provinces close to Kyoto (under ritsuryo system)