代

conical wicker hat

modern art

curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)

Derogatory; Yojijukugo

pettifogging lawyer; unscrupulous or unethical lawyer; shyster

casuist; sophist

proceeds from sale; receipts

modern term; neologism

reddish-purple

taking turns

relieving the guard

magnificent imperial reign

division of history into periods; periodization (in history)

Abbreviation

National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC

Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival

sales agent

grand kagura performance at Ise

type of performance including the lion dance and juggling

Word usually written using kana alone

Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)

modern music; contemporary music

modernization; modernisation

margin for a seam; seam allowance

laundry charges

modern history; modern and current history; recent history; recent contemporary history

generation after generation; (for) generations to come

Heisei period (January 8, 1989-April 30, 2019)

modern kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); new kana orthography

National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC

Paleozoic era