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quarter of a century

enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials

fin-de-siècle; decadent

Geology

Jurassic (period)

Cambrian period

Family or surname

Kinokuniya

Company name

Kinokuniya (book store chain)

Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)

relic from an earlier age; something extremely outmoded; museum piece

new era; new age

corrupt public morals

Shoku Nihon Kōki (fourth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

Christian Era; CE

Devonian period

Nihon Kōki (third of the six classical Japanese history texts)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Shaku Nihongi (commentary on the Nihon Shoki compiled in the late 13th century)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Neon Genesis Evangelion (media franchise)

Ordovician period

Permian period

Silurian period

decay (decline, corruption) of public morals; moral decadence

Citrus kinokuni (species of mandarin orange)

Product name

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; PNAS

laxity in official discipline; civil service corruption

21st century