<<Up
Contents
Japanese translation note
In this encyclopedia, following terms are translated in such a way seen below.
(in no particular order)
幕藩体制 -
shogunate and domain system[?]
老中 -
senior councilors[?]
若年寄 -
junior councilors[?]
町奉行 -
commissioners of major cities[?]
勘定奉行 -
commissioners of finance[?]
大目付 -
inspectors general[?]
浮世絵 -
ukiyoe wood block printing[?]
俳句 -
haiku poems
読み書きそろばん -
the three R's[?]
鎖国政策 -
seclusion policy[?]
(
isolation policy[?]
)
国もと -
province
人質 -
hostage
譜代 -
family's vassals[?]
外様 -
outside daimyo[?]
親藩 -
the Tokugawa family[?]
士農工商 -
warriors/farmers/artisans/tradesmen[?]
石高 -
Rice crop[?]
関が原の戦い -
the battle of Sekigahara[?]
明治維新 -
the Meiji Restoration
贈り名 -
posthumous name
文化勲章 - a
Cultural Medal[?]
国務大臣 - the
Ministers of State[?]
政令 - order
華族 - the nobility
八幡製鉄所 -
Yawata Steel Works[?]
関東大震災 -
Great Kanto Earthquake[?]
治安維持法 - Peace Preservation Law
満州事変 - Manchurian Incident
摂政 - regency (摂政 Regent)
藤原氏 -
Fuiwara clan[?]
雛人形 -
hina dolls[?]
浄土宗 - the
Pure Land sect[?]
郡
district
External Links
http://tokyo.cool.ne.jp/mrphnx/index.html
in Japanese
wikipedia.org
dumped 2003-03-17 with
terodump