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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |
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 |
文明開化 | [ぶんめいかいか, bunmeikaika] (n) Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
邏卒 | [らそつ, rasotsu] (n) (1) serviceman on patrol; (2) (arch) (See 巡査) policeman (early Meiji era) |
鎮台 | [ちんだい, chindai] (n) garrison (in Meiji era) |