Japanese word senses marked with topical category "History of Asia"

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Parent categories: Asia, History, Earth, Eurasia, Nature
Subcategories: Ancient Asia, Byzantine Empire, History of China, History of Egypt, History of Greece, History of Japan, History of Korea, History of Turkey, History of the Philippines

Total 280 word senses

• GHQ (Proper name) Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
• 上エジプト (Proper name) Upper Egypt (southern part of Ancient Egypt)
• 下エジプト (Proper name) Lower Egypt (northern part of Ancient Egypt)
• 不平等条約 (Noun) unequal treaty (treaty forced upon weaker nations by imperialist power)
• 丞相 (Noun) prime minister (in ancient China)
• 二・二六事件 (Proper name) the February 26 incident; a coup d'état attempt by the Imperial Way Faction against the Control Faction and the civilian government.
• 令制国 (Noun) province (first-level administrative divisions of Japan from 7th Century to 1868)
• 令和 (Proper name) the Reiwa era, 2019-present
• 八紘一宇 (Noun) during World War II, used as a nationalistic slogan to rationalize overseas expansion
• 八路軍 (Proper name) Eighth Route Army
• 凌遅 (Noun) slow slicing; lingchi
• 剣闘士 (Noun) Synonym of グラディアトル (guradiatoru): a gladiator
• 創氏改名 (Proper name) A 1939 Japanese government policy applied to then Korean colony which forced Koreans to change their surnames to Japanese-style surnames; abolished in 1945.
• 古田 (Proper name) Furuta (neighborhoods in Japan):; A neighborhood of Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture.
• 古田 (Proper name) Furuta (neighborhoods in Japan):; A neighborhood of Motoyama, Kōchi Prefecture.
• 古田 (Proper name) Furuta (neighborhoods in Japan):; A neighborhood of Kawachi, Tochigi Prefecture.
• 古田 (Proper name) Furuta (neighborhoods in Japan):; A neighborhood of Harima, Hyōgo Prefecture.
• 古田 (Proper name) Furuta (neighborhoods in Japan):; A neighborhood of Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture.
• 古田 (Proper name) Furuta (neighborhoods in Japan):; A neighborhood of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture.
• 営団 (Noun) public corporation established for the public interest during World War II
• 営団 (Proper name) Short for 帝都高速度交通営団 (Teito Kōsokudo Kōtsū Eidan, “Teito Rapid Transit Authority”); the predecessor of Tokyo Metro
• 大日本帝国 (Proper name) Empire of Japan (official name of Japan under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1890–1947)
• 大東亜 (Proper name) Japan's name for the Far East and Southeast Asia during World War II
• 大東亜共栄圏 (Proper name) Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• 大東亜戦争 (Proper name) the Pacific War
• 天朝 (Noun) the Emperor of Japan.
• 天朝 (Noun) the lands governed by the Imperial Court of Japan; Japan.
• 天馬 (Proper name) The Pegasus winged horse
• 奉安殿 (Noun) a small building in pre-World War II Japanese schools to store the official portraits of the emperors and empresses and a copy of the Imperial Rescript on Education
• 小アジア (Proper name) Synonym of アナトリア (Anatoria, “Anatolia”); Asia Minor
• 幕末 (Noun) the final years of the Edo era
• 平安時代 (Proper name) Heian period of Japan (794-1185 AD)
• 弥生時代 (Proper name) Yayoi period of Japan (roughly from 10th century BC to 3rd century AD)
• 慰安婦 (Noun) such a woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War
• 支那事変 (Proper name) the Second Sino-Japanese War
• 敵性語 (Noun) languages spoken by the Allied Powers and borrowed words in Japanese that originated from such languages, especially English
• 日中戦争 (Proper name) the Second Sino-Japanese War
• 日本書紀 (Proper name) The Chronicles of Japan (Japan's famous mythological and historical text, written mostly in Literary Chinese)
• 明治維新 (Proper name) the Meiji Restoration
• 書紀 (Proper name) Short for 日本書紀 (Nihon Shoki, “Chronicles of Japan”).
• 条約派 (Proper name) the Treaty Faction, which supported the Washington Naval Treaty. Faction supporters are gradually purged by the opposing Fleet Faction in the 1930s.
• 東ローマ帝国 (Proper name) the Eastern Roman Empire
• 楔形文字 (Noun) cuneiform (ancient writing system)
• 死者の書 (Proper name) the Book of the Dead
• 江戸時代 (Proper name) Edo Period
• 浦賀 (Proper name) Uraga (a region of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan), known for being a landing spot of the Westerners' kurofune
• 特別高等警察 (Proper name) the Special Higher Police; the secret police of pre-1945 Shōwa-era Japan
• 特高 (Proper name) Short for 特別高等警察 (Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu): the secret police of pre-1945 Shōwa-era Japan
• 白蓮教 (Proper name) White Lotus (a religious and political movement that originated in China in the late 13th century)
• 百年国恥 (Proper name) the Century of Humiliation (period of Chinese history between 1839 and 1949 during which Western powers and Japan intervened with China; 1839 refers to the First Opium War, and 1949 refers to the establishment of the People's Republic of China)
• 皇道派 (Proper name) the Kōdōha (or the Imperial Way Faction); a totalitarian, militaristic and expansionist faction in the Japanese military during the early Shōwa era
• 篝屋 (Noun) guardhouse for the Kamakura defenders during the Kamakura period, where watchfires were lit at intersections in the night; warrior stationed at the guardhouse
• 統制派 (Proper name) the Tōseiha (Control Faction); a totalitarian, militaristic and expansionist faction in the Japanese military during the early Shōwa era
• 義和団 (Proper name) Boxer (a Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic rebel of the early 1900s)
• 肥沃な三日月地帯 (Proper name) the Fertile Crescent
• 脱亜入欧 (Proper name) "exit from Asia and entry into Europe", a Meiji-era political philosophy regarding the Japanese state
• 艦隊派 (Proper name) the Fleet Faction, which advocated a significant fleet expansion and denunciation of the Washington Naval Treaty. Faction supporters eventually gain power in the 1930s.
• 英雄時代 (Proper name) the Heroic Age
• 衣被 (Noun) the practice in the Heian period where upper-class women would cover their faces with their clothing when they went out; the type of headdress; the women referred to
• 衣被 (Noun) sardine
• 衣被 (Noun) an autumn dish and sake accompaniment consisting of small steamed taro potatoes
• 西夏 (Proper name) the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227); the Tangut Empire
• 遣唐使 (Noun) a Japanese envoy to Tang China
• 遣隋使 (Noun) a Japanese envoy to Sui China
• 鎌倉街道 (Proper name) Kamakura Kaidō (roadways built during the Kamakura period converged on the military capital of Kamakura)
• 鎖国 (Verb) to close a country to foreigners, especially to trade with foreigners
• 開国 (Verb) to open a country to foreigners
• 防共協定 (Proper name) the Anti-Comintern Pact
• 阿片戦争 (Proper name) Opium War
• 阿片戦争 (Proper name) Opium War; the First Opium War
• 院政 (Noun) cloistered rule; the indirect rule by an emperor emeritus who became a Buddhist monk
• 院政 (Noun) overlordship by a retired person
• 隠れキリシタン (Proper name) Kakure Kirishitan (underground Japanese Catholic church during Edo period)
• 黄金時代 (Proper name) the Golden Age
• だいもん (Noun) ダイモン: alternate for ダイモーン (daimōn): (Greek mythology) a daimon; a tutelary spirit that guides a person; a genius
• アイオロス … アテーナー (11 senses)
• アトゥム … アレクサンドロス大王 (14 senses)
• アレス … ウェスタ (14 senses)
• ウェヌス … オデュッセウス (16 senses)
• オプス … クレオパトラ (16 senses)
• クロノス … シュメール (13 senses)
• シュー … タレイア (15 senses)
• タレス … ディアーナ (14 senses)
• ディケー … ネメシス (10 senses)
• ハトホル … ビュザンティオン (18 senses)
• ビーナス … プルタルコス (10 senses)
• プルートー … ホメーロス (18 senses)
• ホルス … ムネーモシュネー (11 senses)
• ムーサ … ヴィーナス (18 senses)

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