[きげんぜん, kigenzen] (n-adv, n-t) pre-era; BC; BCE; (P) #1575
[しん, shin] (n) Qin (dynasty of China; 221-206 BCE); Ch'in #3765
[やよい(P);いやおい, yayoi (P); iyaoi] (n) (1) (obs) third month of the lunar calendar; (2) (いやおい only) (arch) thick growth (of grass, etc.); (3) Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE); (P) #6641
[しゃか, shaka] (n) the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama, 563 BCE-483 BCE) (san #13995
[オリンピアさい, orinpia sai] (n) (See オリンピック) Festival of Zeus (held at Olympia every four years from 776 BCE to 393 BCE)
[sabusenta-] (n) { comp } subcenter
[shunga] (n) Shunga (dynasty of India, approx. 180-68 BCE); Sunga
[マウリヤちょう, mauriya chou] (n) Maurya Dynasty (of India, approx. 317-186 BCE)
[しゅんじゅうじだい, shunjuujidai] (n) Spring and Autumn period (of Chinese history, approx. 770-403 BCE)
[せいいきとごふ, seiikitogofu] (n) (See 都護府) Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE
[せんごくじだい, sengokujidai] (n) (1) Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); (2) Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); (3) era of vicious competition
[まごこ, magoko] (n) (1) (hon) Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); (2) (See 孫子の兵法) The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); (3) Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
[そんしのへいほう, sonshinoheihou] (n) (See 孫子・そんし) The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)
[ふくとしん, fukutoshin] (n) subcenter (of a large city) (subcentre); urban subcenter
[もうし, moushi] (n) (1) Mencius (Meng Zi) (371-289BCE); (2) (See 四書) the Discourses of Mencius - one of the Four Books
[やよいじだい, yayoijidai] (n) Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)