[しょうわ, shouwa] (n) Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); (P) #133
[たいしょう, taishou] (n) Taisho era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); (P) #973
[り, ri] (n) (1) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles); (2) (See 郷里制, 国郡里制) neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); (3) (See 条里制) unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m); (P) #1164
[えんちょう, enchou] (n, vs) (1) extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening; (n) (2) Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26); (P) #1549
[だいしんさい, daishinsai] (n) (1) great earthquake (disaster); (2) (abbr) (See 関東大震災) Great Kanto earthquake of 1923; (P) #4631
[むろまち, muromachi] (n) Muromachi (era 1392-1573, or 1333-1573, or 1336-1573); (P) #4859
[てんしょう, tenshou] (n) Tenshou era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8) #5053
[こくみんとう, kokumintou] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 立憲国民党) Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); (2) (See 中国国民党) Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party); Kuomintang #7734
[こうらい(高麗)(P);こま, kourai ( kourai )(P); koma] (n) (1) (こうらい only) (abbr) Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); (n, n-pref) (2) Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty); (n) (3) (狛 only) (See 狛犬) (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine; (P) #8318
[しんさい, shinsai] (n) (1) earthquake disaster; (2) (abbr) (See 関東大震災) Great Kanto Earthquake (1923); (P) #8711
[えんぎ, engi] (n) Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11) #12688
[かんとうだいしんさい, kantoudaishinsai] (n) Great Kanto earthquake of 1923 #14528
[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
[karifu ; harifa] (n) caliph; chief civil and religious Muslim ruler (prior to 1924) #19267
[ピーエルきょうだん, pi-eru kyoudan] (n) (See パーフェクトリバティー教団) Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)
[パーフェクトリバティーきょうだん, pa-fekutoribatei-kyoudan] (n) Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)
[フランクフルトがくは, furankufuruto gakuha] (n) Frankfurt School (school of philosophy in the 1920s)
[ボスニアふんそう, bosunia funsou] (n) Bosnian Conflict (1992-1998)
[マーストリヒトじょうやく, ma-sutorihito jouyaku] (n) Maastricht Treaty (1992)
[ミュンヘンいっき, myunhen ikki] (n) Beer Hall Putsch (1923); Munich Putsch
[moga] (n) (abbr) modern girl; flapper (slang from the 1920s)
[modanga-ru] (n) modern girl (slang circa the 1920s)
[modanbo-i] (n) (arch) (See モダンガール) modern boy (slang circa the 1920s)
[mobo] (n) (arch) (abbr) (See モダンボーイ) modern boy (slang circa the 1920s)
[ローザンヌかいぎ, ro-zannu kaigi] (n) (1) Lausanne Conference (1922); (2) Lausanne Conference (1932)
[ローマしんぐん, ro-ma shingun] (n) march on Rome (1922)
[えんしゅうりつ, enshuuritsu] (n) Pi (3.1415926..)
[えんとく, entoku] (n) Entoku era (1489.8.21-1492.7.19)
[わがとうそう, wagatousou] (n) Mein Kampf (by Adolf Hitler, 1925-1926)
[かいじょうしょうとつよぼうほう, kaijoushoutotsuyobouhou] (n) Act on Preventing Collisions at Sea (1892)
[よしのじだい, yoshinojidai] (n) (obsc) (See 南北朝時代) Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE)
[よしのちょうじだい, yoshinochoujidai] (n) (obsc) (See 南北朝時代) Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE)
[げんちゅう, genchuu] (n) Genchuu era (of the Southern Court) (1384.4.28-1392.10.5)
[とらのもんじけん, toranomonjiken] (n) Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito, Dec. 27, 1923)
[さんだいせつ, sandaisetsu] (n) (See 紀元節, 四方拝, 天長節) the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927)
[しだいせつ, shidaisetsu] (n) (See 紀元節, 四方拝, 天長節, 明治節) the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)
[しこうきん, shikoukin] (n) Japanese variety of music box (invented in 1892 by Toda Kindo)
[ちあんいじほう, chian'ijihou] (n) Peace Preservation Act (1925)
[しょうわひとけた, shouwahitoketa] (n) (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Showa period (from 1926 to 1934)
[しょうわし, shouwashi] (n) history of the Showa period (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
[しょうわじだい, shouwajidai] (n) Showa period (1926-1989 CE)
[すいこじだい, suikojidai] (n) Suiko period (i.e. the Asuka period, esp. under the reign of Empress Suiko, approx. 592-628 CE)
[すいへいしゃ, suiheisha] (n) (abbr) (See 全国水平社) Burakumin rights organization formed in 1922
[せんごきょうこう, sengokyoukou] (n) post World War I depression; depression of 1920-1921
[ぜんこくすいへいしゃ, zenkokusuiheisha] (n) Burakumin rights organization formed in 1922
[たいしょうじだい, taishoujidai] (n) Taisho period (1912-1926 CE)
[おおもときょう, oomotokyou] (n) Oomoto (religious sect founded in 1892 as an offshoot of Shinto)
[ちょうせんしゅっぺい, chousenshuppei] (n) Imjin War (1592 - 1597)
[ちょうせんせいばつ, chousenseibatsu] (n) (col) Imjin War (1592 - 1597)
[なんきんじけん, nankinjiken] (n) (1) Nanking Incident (targeting of Nanking's foreign properties and residents by Kuomintang troops in March, 1927); (2) (See 南京大虐殺) Rape of Nanking (1937); Nanking Massacre