[まち(P);ちょう(町), machi (P); chou ( machi )] (n) (1) town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; (2) street; road; (3) (町, ちょう only) 109.09 m; (4) (町, ちょう only) 0.99 hectares; (P) #68
[じょう, jou] (n, adj-no, n-adv, n-suf) (1) above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); (2) top; summit; (3) surface; on; (4) before; previous; (5) superiority; one9;s superior (i.e. one9;s elder); (6) on top of that; besides; what9;s more; (7) upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); (8) matters concerning...; as concerns ...; (9) (as ...上は) since (i.e. "for that reason"); (n-suf) (10) (hon) (See 父上) suffix indicating higher social standing; (11) (arch) place of one9;s superior (i.e. the throne); (12) (arch) emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; (13) (arch) noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman); (P) #111
[しょうわ, shouwa] (n) Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); (P) #133
[せん, sen] (n, n-suf) (1) line; stripe; stria; (2) line (e.g. telephone line); wire; (3) (See X線) ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; (4) line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane; (5) outline; contours; form; (6) level; (7) division; (8) (See いい線) line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle; (9) (See 線が太い, 線が細い) impression one leaves; air one gives off; (P) #134
[へいせい, heisei] (n) Heisei era (1989.1.8- ); (P) #152
[もと, moto] (n) (1) (usu. 元) origin; source; (2) (esp. 基) base; basis; foundation; root; (3) (also 因, 原) cause; (4) (esp. 素) ingredient; material; (5) (元 only) (somebody9;s) side; (somebody9;s) location; (6) original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (7) (plant) root; (tree) trunk; (8) (See 和歌) first section of a waka; (ctr) (9) (本 only) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); (n) (10) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip; (P) #170
[ち, chi] (n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one9;s true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens) #208
[ところ(P);とこ(所), tokoro (P); toko ( tokoro )] (n, suf) (1) (also pronounced どころ when a suffix) place; spot; scene; site; (2) address; (3) district; area; locality; (4) one9;s house; (5) point; (6) part; (7) space; room; (8) (uk) (after the plain past form of a verb) whereupon; as a result; (9) (after present form of a verb) about to; on the verge of; (P) #235
[だい, dai] (n) (1) substitution; (2) material; (3) price; (4) margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (5) (arch) (See 段) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.) #376
[めいじ, meiji] (n) Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (P) #382