方

Historical term

sorcerer (in ancient China); (hermit) wizard

Historical term

doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)

Historical term

Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)

Historical term

Edo-period Kansai dialect

Historical term

Edo-period office in charge of compiling the traditional calendar, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.

Historical term; Art, aesthetics

kamigata-e; ukiyo-e prints from the Kamigata area (modern day Osaka, Kyoto)

Historical term

Dog Shogun (nickname of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi)

Historical term; Military

area army (of the Imperial Japanese Army); field army

Historical term

national rural police (1947-1954)

Historical term

Great Northern War (1700-1721)

Historical term

Kujikata Osadamegaki; Tokugawa law code of Shogun Yoshimune (introduced in 1742)

Historical term

medieval German eastward expansion; Ostsiedlung

Rare term

a short while ago

Dated term; Adverb (fukushi); Common noun

before; previously

Dated term; Common noun

front; ahead

Dated term; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

immature; unsophisticated

Rare term

obelisk

Rare term

day laborer (in construction, etc.); day labourer

Rare term

haüyne; hauynite

Rare term

Northern Chinese; Mandarin

Dated term

rear; back; behind

Rare term

recipe

Dated term

cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice

Rare term

everywhere

Rare term

heart; soul

Rare term

dialectal kanji; kanji only used in a specific region