Vocabulary

Spanish tiles

Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

Nagoyan; person from Nagoya

(at) the time of an accident; (in) the event of an accident

Kagawa dialect

Nambu dialect (spoken in western Aomori)

tan line; tan lines; tanline; tanlines

Mongol Empire

deliverer; delivery guy

fun school (usu. involving experiential learning in the outdoors)

burial mound; tumulus

to become improved; to become polished

relationship chart

appropriate technology

auditory trainer

group technology; GT

tumulus; burial mound

disaster emergency message dial (171); emergency messaging service; voicemail service used to report and check the safety status of people affected by a disaster

equality for the four classes (early Meiji-period slogan)

Federal Reserve Board (US); FRB

funny news story; entertaining news story

funny story; interesting trivia; fun facts

Taika Reforms (645 CE)

to disperse; to scatter and flee

keeper of an izuna (fox-like spirit)

hydrothermal solution

vassal

stablecoin (pegged cryptocurrency)

wife cheated on by her husband

golden kite (which landed on the tip of Emperor Jimmu's bow after he had defeated Nagasunehiko)

Nagasunehiko; legendary clan leader who opposed Emperor Jimmu's unification of Japan and was subsequently killed by the deity Nigihayahi

Nigihayahi; deity who married Nagasunehiko's younger sister and subsequently killed him when he opposed Emperor Jimmu

western expedition; military campaign to the west

western expedition; military campaign to the west

eastern expedition; military campaign to the east

northern expedition; military campaign to the north

southern expedition; military campaign to the south

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the eastern barbarians (940-1335)

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the eastern barbarians (940-1335)