[だいがく, daigaku] (n) (1) (See 総合大学) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; (2) (abbr) (See 大学寮, 国学・こくがく・2) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); (3) (See 四書) the Great Learning - one of the Four Books; (P) #195

京都

[きょうと, kyouto] (n) Kyoto; (P) #444

府

[ふ, fu] (n) (1) (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); (2) the centre or seat (of) (center); (3) (government) office #506

京

[きょう(P);けい, kyou (P); kei] (n) (1) (きょう only) imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); (2) (きょう only) (See 伊呂波歌) final word of an iroha-uta; (3) (usu. けい) 10^16; 10, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000; ten quadrillion (American); (obs) ten thousand billion (British); (P) #1852

近畿

[きんき, kinki] (n) Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara); (P) #3459

東海道

[とうかいどう, toukaidou] (n) Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway) #6000

京阪(P);京坂

[けいはん, keihan] (n) Kyoto-Osaka; (P) #6020

稲荷

[いなり, inari] (n) (1) (See 稲魂) Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); (2) Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); (3) (See 狐・1) fox (said to be messengers of Inari); (4) (See 油揚げ・1) fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); (5) (abbr) Inari-zushi; (P) #6965

上がる(P);揚がる(P);挙がる(P);上る(io)

[あがる, agaru] (v5r, vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) (also written as 騰る in ref. to price) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) (often as 〜で上がる) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) (挙がる only) to be arrested; (16) (挙がる only) to turn up (of evidence, etc.); (17) (揚がる only) to be deep fried; (18) to be spoken loudly; (19) to get stage fright; (20) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (21) (hum) to go; to visit; (22) (hon) to eat; to drink; (23) (esp. 挙がる) to be listed (as a candidate); (24) to serve (in one's master's home); (25) (in Kyoto) to go north; (suf, v5r) (26) (See 出来上がる・1) (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion; (P) #7851

上方

[じょうほう, jouhou] (n, adj-no) Kyoto and vicinity; Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region (esp. during Edo period); (P) #8094

祇園

[ぎおん, gion] (n) entertainment district in Kyoto; (P) #10514

大文字

[おおもじ(P);だいもんじ, oomoji (P); daimonji] (n) (1) (See 小文字) upper case letters; large characters; capital letter; (2) (だいもんじ only) the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; (3) (だいもんじ only) huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year; (P) #12928

夷;戎

[えびす, ebisu] (n) (1) (arch) (See 蝦夷) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); (3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); (4) (derog) foreigner; barbarian #13165

中山道;中仙道

[なかせんどう, nakasendou] (n) (See 東海道・とうかいどう) Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway) #18732

京阪神

[けいはんしん, keihanshin] (n) Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe #19035

比叡山

[ひえいざん, hieizan] (n) Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto) #19242

畿内

[きない, kinai] (n) territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto #19573

お火焚;御火焚;御火焼

[おひたき;おほたき, ohitaki ; ohotaki] (n) Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)

お番菜;御番菜;お晩菜;御晩菜;お晩彩(iK)

[おばんさい;おばんざい, obansai ; obanzai] (n) (uk) (See 惣菜・そうざい) light Kyoto-style home cooking with boiled vegetables and marinated food, also now served in restaurants

きょとんと

[kyotonto] (adv) (on-mim) (looking) blankly; (staring) in puzzlement

きょろきょろ(P);きょときょと

[kyorokyoro (P); kyotokyoto] (adv, n, vs) (on-mim) look around restlessly; (P)

阿国歌舞伎

[おくにかぶき, okunikabuki] (n) Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)

何条;何じょう

[なんじょう, nanjou] (adv) (1) what street? (esp. in Kyoto and Sapporo); (2) what article? (in a law); (3) (arch) (the 条 in 何条 is an ateji) how can?; cannot possibly; there is no way

河原乞食

[かわらこじき, kawarakojiki] (n) (derog) (from unlicensed actors in Edo-period Kyoto acting on the riverbanks near Shijō Bridge) actors; players; riverbank beggars

火焚き;火焼き;火焚;火焼

[ほたき, hotaki] (n) (See お火焚) Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)

顔見せ;顔見世

[かおみせ, kaomise] (n, vs) (1) (esp. 顔見せ) making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (2) (esp. 顔見世) introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); (3) (esp. 顔見世) (See 顔見世狂言) December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

顔見世狂言

[かおみせきょうげん, kaomisekyougen] (n) December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

祇園会

[ぎおんえ, gion'e] (n) (See 祇園祭) Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

祇園祭

[ぎおんまつり, gionmatsuri] (n) Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

巨盗

[きょとう, kyotou] (n) big-time robber

巨頭

[きょとう, kyotou] (n, adj-no) (1) leader; magnate; (2) big head

挙党

[きょとう, kyotou] (n, vs) entire (political) party; (P)

京ことば;京言葉;京詞

[きょうことば, kyoukotoba] (n, adj-no) (1) Kyoto pronunciation; (2) Kyoto dialect

京の水

[きょうのみず, kyounomizu] (n) (1) (arch) water from the capital (Kyoto), rumored to have a whitening effect; (2) (arch) (See 化粧水) type of washing lotion from the end of the Edo period

京の着倒れ

[きょうのきだおれ, kyounokidaore] (exp) (See 大阪の食い倒れ, 着倒れ) financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto)

京響

[きょうきょう, kyoukyou] (n) (abbr) Kyoto Symphony Orchestra

京阪奈

[けいはんな, keihanna] (n) (uk) Kyoto-Osaka-Nara

京師

[けいし, keishi] (n) capital; metropolis; old Kyoto

京滋地方

[けいじちほう, keijichihou] (n) Kyoto-Shiga district

京女

[きょうおんな, kyouonna] (n) Kyoto woman

京人形

[きょうにんぎょう, kyouningyou] (n) Kyoto doll