[とう, tou] (n) T'ang-Dynasty (China 618-907); (P) #2911
[えんぎ, engi] (n) Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11) #12688
[めいとく, meitoku] (n) (1) virtue; (2) Meitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan) (1392.10.5-1394.7.5) #16770
[ぶんち;ぶんじ, bunchi ; bunji] (n) (1) civil administration; (2) (ぶんじ only) Bunji era (1185.8.14-1190.4.11) #17132
[ゼロキューゼロきんゆう, zerokyu-zero kinyuu] (n) "090" financing; loan sharks operating from a cellphone (i.e. without a fixed phone number)
[キリシタンばん, kirishitan ban] (n) books printed in Japan by the Jesuits (1590-1612)
[ストロンチウムきゅうじゅう, sutoronchiumu kyuujuu] (n) strontium 90 (Sr-90)
[ハルジーちょう, haruji-chou] (n) Khalji Dynasty (of India, 1290-1320 CE); Khilji Dynasty
[ボーアせんそう(ボーア戦争);ブーアせんそう(ブーア戦争), bo-a sensou ( bo-a sensou ); bu-a sensou ( bu-a sensou )] (n) (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
[ポーツマスじょうやく, po-tsumasu jouyaku] (n) Treaty of Portsmouth (ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905)
[モロッコじけん, morokko jiken] (n) Moroccan Crisis (1905, 1911)
[あんご, ango] (n, vs) { Buddh } varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar)
[えいそ, eiso] (n) Eiso era (989.8.8-990.11.7)
[がのいわい, ganoiwai] (n) longevity celebration (of age 42, 61, 70, 77, 80, 88, 90 or 99)
[がんどうがえし;がんとうがえし, gandougaeshi ; gantougaeshi] (n) rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
[きゅうひゃく;くひゃく, kyuuhyaku ; kuhyaku] (n) (1) 900; (2) (くひゃく only) (arch) (derog) fool; idiot
[けいえんじだい, keienjidai] (n) Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912 CE)
[ちのにちようび, chinonichiyoubi] (n) Bloody Sunday (esp. the Jan. 22, 1905 Saint Petersburg incident)
[けんきゅう, kenkyuu] (n) Kenkyuu era (1190.4.11-1199.4.27)
[あつぞこ, atsuzoko] (n, adj-no) thick-soled footwear, popular in the late 1990s
[こうおう, kouou] (n) Kouou era (of the Northern Court) (1389.2.9-1390.3.26)
[あけたか, aketaka] (n) (sumo) era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
[あけたかじだい, aketakajidai] (n) (sumo) era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
[しょうたい, shoutai] (n) Shoutai era (898.4.26-901.7.15)
[ひたちうめ, hitachiume] (n) (sumo) era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II
[ひたちうめじだい, hitachiumejidai] (n) (sumo) era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II
[じんじゃきょく, jinjakyoku] (n) (obs) Bureau of Shrine Affairs (1900-1940)
[としょカード, tosho ka-do] (n) (replaced the 図書券 ca 1990) (See 図書券) pre-paid card for purchasing books; Tosho card
[せかいよんだいぶんめい, sekaiyondaibunmei] (n) the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
[せいじゅ, seiju] (n) 90th birthday
[しょうりゃく, shouryaku] (n) Shouryaku era (990.11.7-995.2.22)
[せんきゅうひゃくねんだい, senkyuuhyakunendai] (n) the 1900s; (P)
[そつじゅ, sotsuju] (n) 90th birthday
[どれいおうちょう, doreiouchou] (n) Slave Dynasty (of India, 1206-1290 CE); Mamluk Dynasty
[みなみアフリカせんそう, minami afurika sensou] (n) (obsc) (See ボーア戦争) (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
[なんあせんそう(南阿戦争);なんアせんそう(南ア戦争), nan'asensou ( minami a sensou ); nan a sensou ( minami a sensou )] (n) (obsc) (See ボーア戦争) (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
[にちろせんそう, nichirosensou] (n) Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
[にちろせんえき, nichirosen'eki] (n) (sens) Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
[ふけんせい, fukensei] (n) (obs) prefectural system (as existed from 1890-1947)
[ぼしんしょうしょ, boshinshousho] (n) Imperial Rescript of 1908
[みんじそしょうほう, minjisoshouhou] (n) (Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
[わんがんきき, wangankiki] (n) Gulf War (1990); Persian Gulf crisis
[わんがんふんそう, wanganfunsou] (n) Gulf War (1990)
[そつじゅ, sotsuju] (n) 90th birthday
[きっと, kitto] (adv, n) (1) (uk) surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent); (2) (arch) sternly; severely; (P)
[しょうへん, shouhen] (n) kanji radical 90 at left