Vocabulary
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technology association; technology institute
technology association; technology institute
postal service; post service
meeting for the first time; first meeting
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness
respect for one's elders
the eight virtues
brothel
customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues
copying calligraphy from a model
copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy); copying freely
copying from a model without looking at it (calligraphy)
traditional Japanese calendar with pictures; traditional Japanese calendar expressed with pictures for use by illiterates
proper time (e.g. for harvesting rice); appropriate time; right time
astronomical ephemeris; ephemeris
private land
farmland
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryō period); tax in kind
forced labour (labor) imposed upon commoners (ritsuryō period)
register established for tax purposes (ritsuryō period)
Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794)
moisture vapor transmission rate; moisture vapour transmission rate; MVTR
Heijō-kyō (capital of Japan from 710-40 and 745-84; located in present-day Nara)
main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
reporting to the emperor
ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials
reception compound; part of the palace where important ceremonies were held
Heijō Palace (imperial residence in Heijō-kyō)
Chinese style
regency government
activity; motility
bacterial cell
one's country of assignment (e.g. for an ambassador)
provincial governor (from the middle of the Heian period)
written imperial order (late Heian period)
morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.)
imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)
picture calendar
dirt and grease; filth; grime