During the Heian period's initial stages, the imperial court completely devoted itself to imitating Chinese culture, however during the midst of the period, a culture based off of Japanese sense of beauty began to bloom.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

the local administrative system called the feudal and prefectural system

In China in the year 208, Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, leads his army to wipe out rival forces in southern China and unify China.

the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February

during the Edo period in Japan, a merchant who dealt regularly with the Daimyos' city warehouse and who conducted the trading of rice {as well rice tax collection}

the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years

A large disparity in the size of the sexes usually suggests that males compete for females and that the species is polygamous.

During the Heian period's initial stages, the imperial court completely devoted itself to imitating Chinese culture, however during the midst of the period, a culture based off of Japanese sense of beauty began to bloom.

We live in a machine age; motorcars, TV sets, clothes, and books, to name but a few [to mention only a few], are all machine‐made products.

used in order to make the expression in Japanese poetry or prose more interesting, a word closely related to the main words of the work

Typical characters in kyogen include Taro Kaja (a servant), a daimyo (a feudal master), and a yamabushi (a mountain priest).

meat or fish stir-fried with vegetables (e.g., celery, onions, peppers or bean sprouts) seasoned with ginger and garlic and soy sauce

of the Heian period in Japan, a perfume and spice-filled bag that was decorated with artificial flowers and five strings of varying colors, that was hung at the Iris Festival in order to avert evil spirits

Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology

Some suggested it because of the birth of Prince Hisahito to Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko.

the act of making 'waka' poems or stories more interesting by using words closely related in meaning to the {main words}

a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper

today [this day] week

Article 733 of the Civil Code stipulates the period of prohibition of remarriage by stating that "A woman may not remarry unless six months have passed since the day of dissolution or rescission of her previous marriage."

conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry

a graduate school

I have one of my friends who graduated from university and became a fine public servant. Once he told me that what he had learned from school had been useless. However, what little philosophy he had learned proved to be of great benefit.

Typical examples are rice terraces called senmaida and a traditional fishing method by ama, or women divers.

For example, wanko-soba is used to represent Iwate Prefecture and Date Masamune is used to represent Miyagi Prefecture.

a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia)

an overarm stroke of Japanese swimming

tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood

When indicating 'tense' in Chinese, as shown above, there are 'particles', 'time-specifying words' and also many cases where it depends on context.

The silver was used in minting coins in Japan and was also shipped to Asian countries to support their trade with Western countries.

of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic

The women in our country are different from the women from other countries. Many think that it's acceptable for women to have children and devote themselves to them entirely; and, towards their husband, to simply uphold their duty and protect their chastity.