capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
leaving (fleeing) the capital
Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus); (arch.) black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus); Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)
City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)
avenue in the capital; busy main street of the capital; main thoroughfare
residents of the capital; townsfolk
Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai city)
to choose as one's capital; to have as one's capital
dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district
Miyamayomena savatieri (species of flowering plant)
Nakano no Miyako Konbu (sweet and sour snack made from dried kelp); Miyako Konbu
miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)
bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus, esp. Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus); birdsfoot trefoil
Tokyo bitterling (Tanakia tanago)
Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)
direction of the capital (esp. Kyoto)