paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
departure from a country; leaving a country
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
distant land; remote country; province far from the capital
daimyo in the Warring States period
one's native country; land of one's birth
pedestrian mall; car-free mall; (lit.) pedestrian paradise
unparalleled in Japan, China and India
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
(going straight) from heaven to hell
neighboring country; neighbouring country; provinces close to Kyoto (under ritsuryō system)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (14th century novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong)
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period
Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms period (of Korean history, 57 BCE-668 CE)
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
mainland China; China proper
(the three) Baltic states; Baltic countries
to go to heaven; to be called to heaven
traditional Chinese medicine; TCM
Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)
pilgrimage of the Saigoku-Sanjūsansho (33 temples in the Kinki region)
Chūgoku Retaliation (military maneuver by Hideyoshi Hashiba in 1582)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
Chinese room (artificial intelligence thought experiment)
warm country; warm region
People's Liberation Army (China); PLA
national of a third country; foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan
imported (transmitted) from China
Sinicization; Sinification
attack on the Chūgoku region ordered by Oda Nobunaga in the year 1577
Japanese orphans left behind in China (after WWII); war-displaced Japanese in China
picture scroll of battles and warriors in the Warring States period
Kuomintang; KMT; Chinese Nationalist Party
thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
national of a third country; foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean)
one's country of assignment (e.g. for an ambassador)
Seven Warring States (of China); Seven Kingdoms
Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, and Russia)
sinophone world; Chinese-speaking world
Chinese alcohol; Chinese spirits
Chugoku Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company); China News Service (news agency)
Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)
traditional Chinese medicine
law of the country of one's nationality; one's national law
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Samguk Sagi (historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea); History of the Three Kingdoms
Dynasty Warriors (video game series)
Renmin University of China
People's Bank of China; The People's Bank of China
Chinese parsley; coriander; cilantro
Sinological Society of Japan; SSJ
China Times (Taiwanese newspaper)
China University of Geosciences; CUG
Chugoku Gakuen University
sinology; Chinese studies
Bank of China; The Chugoku Bank (Japan)
Chinese Language Society of Japan
Chinese Culture University
Chinese knot; Chinese knotting art; knotting art
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
China Pharmaceutical University
China Medical University; CMU
made in China; Chinese-made
Chinese white pear (Pyrus x bretschneideri); ya pear; pearple
China Internet Information Center
University of Science and Technology of China; USTC
China Central Television; CCTV
China Youth Daily (newspaper)
China Chamber of International Commerce; CCOIC
pseudo-Chinese; Japanese written without kana for intelligibility in Chinese
pro-democracy movement in China
Civil Aviation Administration of China; CAAC
China National Space Administration; CNSA
Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; IMPCAS
China Chemical Fibers Association; CCFA
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; CCDC
War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870); Paraguayan War
Chugoku National Industrial Research Institute
China International Trust and Investment Corporation
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
unparalleled in Japan, China and India