Vocabulary

Ostrogoth

goatskin

Goths; Gothic peoples

Gothic style (of art)

gothic novel

diaspora

Ashkenazim (Jews of Central European descent)

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

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

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)

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)