Vocabulary

Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); Edo shogunate

Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)

Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)

either; one (of the two)

lek (communal ground used by birds in mating season); lekking

black grouse (Tetrao tetrix); blackcock (male black grouse); greyhen (female black grouse)

Canopic jar (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy); Canopic vase

current girlfriend

former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend

thanatos (death instinct)

thanatology

Yahweh; Yahveh; Jehovah

motivation

nave (of a church)

aisle (of a church)

transept

ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)

Shinto, Confucianism and Buddhism

Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)

Stasi (state security service of East Germany); Staatssicherheitsdienst

Baha'i

hangover that still lingers two days after drinking; still being hungover after two days

frontalis muscle

orbicularis oculi muscle

buccinator muscle

hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

masseter muscle

orbicularis oris muscle

pectoralis major muscle

biceps brachii muscle

sartorius muscle

quadriceps muscle

biceps femoris muscle

triceps brachii muscle

trapezius muscle

latissimus dorsi muscle

gastrocnemius muscle

soleus muscle