| お雇い外国人;御雇外国人 | [おやといがいこくじん, oyatoigaikokujin] (n) hired foreigners; foreign advisors hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era |
| ご一新;御一新 | [ごいっしん, goisshin] (n) the (Meiji) restoration |
| ズボン | [, zubon] (n) (also written as 洋袴 and 段袋 during the Meiji period) trousers (fre |
| メイジ;メージ;メジ | [, meiji ; me-ji ; meji] (n) mage |
| 人名辞典 | [じんめいじてん, jinmeijiten] (n) biographical dictionary |
| 人名辞書 | [じんめいじしょ, jinmeijisho] (n) biographical dictionary |
| 出歯亀;出歯かめ | [でばかめ;でばがめ(出歯亀), debakame ; debagame ( shutsu ha kame )] (n) (after a Meiji-period person) voyeur; Peeping Tom |
| 名人芸 | [めいじんげい, meijingei] (n) masterful performance |
| 名実 | [めいじつ, meijitsu] (n) in name and in reality; nominally and virtually; form and contents; (P) |
| 名実相伴う | [めいじつあいともなう, meijitsuaitomonau] (exp,v5u) to be true to one's name; to live up to one's reputation |
| 地名辞典 | [ちめいじてん, chimeijiten] (n) geographical dictionary; gazetteer |
| 大阪会議 | [おおさかかいぎ, oosakakaigi] (n) Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875) |
| 官幣社 | [かんぺいしゃ, kanpeisha] (n) (obs) shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji) |
| 小新聞 | [こしんぶん, koshinbun] (n) (1) (See 大新聞) type of newspaper from the Meiji era; (2) minor journal; local newspaper |
| 市区改正 | [しくかいせい, shikukaisei] (n) shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occured in the Taisho and Meiji eras |
| 形状明示配列 | [けいじょうめいじはいれつ, keijoumeijihairetsu] (n) {comp} explicit-shape array |
| 彰義隊 | [しょうぎたい, shougitai] (n) (See 上野戦争) Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno) |
| 往来物 | [おうらいもの, ouraimono] (n) (arch) elementary school textbook, used from late Heian to early Meiji periods |
| 御っ母さん | [おっかさん, okkasan] (n) (uk) (See おかあさん) mother (term commonly used until the end of the Meiji period); mom; mum; mama |
| 御父つぁん;御父つあん | [おとっつぁん(御父つぁん);おとっつあん(御父つあん), otottsuan ( o chichi tsuan ); otottsuan ( o chichi tsuan )] (n) (uk) father (term commonly used until the end of the Meiji period); Dad |
| 揚げ巻;揚巻;総角 | [あげまき, agemaki] (n) (1) old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; (2) Meiji period women's hairstyle; (3) (揚げ巻, 揚巻 only) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (揚げ巻, 揚巻 only) knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the sumo ring (color); (5) (abbr) (See 揚巻貝) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam |
| 文明人 | [ぶんめいじん, bunmeijin] (n) civilized person; civilized people |
| 文明開化 | [ぶんめいかいか, bunmeikaika] (n) Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation) |
| 有名人 | [ゆうめいじん, yuumeijin] (n) celebrity |
| 束髪 | [そくはつ, sokuhatsu] (n) hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head |
| 桃割れ | [ももわれ, momoware] (n) hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach |
| 段袋;駄袋 | [だんぶくろ, danbukuro] (n) (1) large cloth sack; (2) baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising) |
| 洋銀 | [ようぎん, yougin] (n) (1) German silver; nickel silver; (2) silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods |
| 異人館 | [いじんかん, ijinkan] (n) Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era |
| 維新 | [いしん, ishin] (n) restoration (e.g. Meiji); reformation; revolution; (P) |
| 肝に銘じる | [きもにめいじる, kimonimeijiru] (exp,v1) to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind |
| 著名人 | [ちょめいじん, chomeijin] (n) celebrity; personality; prominent figure |
| 蝦夷 | [えぞ;えみし(ok), ezo ; emishi (ok)] (n) (1) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) (えぞ only) (See 蝦夷地) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) |
| 蝦夷地 | [えぞち, ezochi] (n) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) |
| 行灯袴 | [あんどんばかま, andonbakama] (n) (arch) hakama without gussets (worn by female students and later male students in the Meiji period); hakama without gores |
| 超然内閣 | [ちょうぜんないかく, chouzennaikaku] (n) (Meiji or Taisho era) non-partisan cabinet |
| 邏卒 | [らそつ, rasotsu] (n) (1) serviceman on patrol; (2) (arch) (See 巡査) policeman (early Meiji era) |
| 釣鐘マント;釣り鐘マント | [つりがねマント, tsurigane manto] (n) long cloak worn by soldiers, students, etc. (Meiji period) |
| 銘じる | [めいじる, meijiru] (v1) (See 銘ずる) to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe |
| 鎮台 | [ちんだい, chindai] (n) garrison (in Meiji era) |