元

former surname; original surname

basal fertilizer; basal dressing; manure given at the time of planting

breechloader

prepayment (of postage, shipping, etc.)

zero milestone

night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

head gangster

to be expensive; to cost much

native element mineral; native element

master contractor; prime contactor; general contractor

Shinto

Festival of Origins (January 3)

master contractor

to be below the cost; to sell below cost

ledger balance

capital

original packaging (e.g. box holding several cartons, each with individually packaged products)

Law

Era Name Act

original box (that a product came in)

former prime minister

originally; from the start; from the beginning

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Secret History of the Mongols (the oldest surviving Mongolian-language literary work)

Historical term

male coming-of-age-ceremony

Historical term

shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

Historical term

(Roman) senate

Historical term

Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)