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Proverb

don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90

Product name

Wanli Crab (brand name for crab caught in the Wanli district of Taiwan)

Proverb

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

large area; four ri square (approx. 16 sq km)

Ref. to original jōkamachi size

Edo

Organization name

Kurihama Special Needs School (older name style)

Organization name

Kiyosato Kitazawa Museum of Art

Organization name

Kitasato University

Organization name

Senri Kinran University

rotated grazing

limitless expanse of clouds and smoke

being far away across mountains and rivers

a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation

vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain

pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing

Proverb; Godan verb - Iku/Yuku special class

bad news travels fast

military expedition deep into enemy territory

potash soap

Araceae (arum family of plants)

caustic potash; potassium hydroxide

Historical term

mid-Edo period Imari ware

Historical term

administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom

Historical term

jōri system of land subdivision in ancient Japan

Historical term

township-neighbourhood system; system in use between 715-740 CE which redefined the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each

Historical term

province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryō system)