Vocabulary

Sephardim (Jews of Spanish or Portuguese descent)

diaspore

Takadiastase (form of diastase); Taka-Diastase

something-something; yada yada; so-and-so

something-something; yada yada; so-and-so

single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)

last year of school

there; the spot; the place; the occasion; the situation

tapa cloth

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)

Yom Kippur; Day of Atonement

allergic diathesis (predisposition to be allergic)

atomism

Copper Age; Chalcolithic

preceramic period

preceramic period

pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period)

Azuchi period (first half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1582)

Amarna letters (archive of Egyptian correspondence, recorded on clay tablets)

Amarna period (of Egyptian history)

Edo-period literature

Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)

Kansei Reforms (series of conservative government measures; 1787-1793)

Tempō Reforms (series of government measures; 1841-1843)

Ōgosho period (between the Kansei Reforms and the Tempo Reforms, approx. 1787-1843)

Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties period (China, 220-589 CE)

Metal Age (i.e. the Bronze Age and the Iron Age)

Taishō Political Crisis (1913)

Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912)

Gempei period (late 11th century-late 12th century CE)

Kōnin-Jōgan period (of Japanese art history; approx. 794-894 CE)

Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220 CE-280 CE)

Spring and Autumn period (of Chinese history; approx. 770-403 BCE); Chunqiu period; Ch'unch'iu period

Jōgan period (of art history; 859-877 CE)

Shokuhō period (i.e. the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1568-1600)

Suiko period (i.e. the Asuka period, esp. under the reign of Empress Suiko, approx. 592-628 CE)

Rashidun period (period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs; 632-661 CE)

Chalcolithic; Copper Age