Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
rivers and mountains; landscape
village along a (large) river
riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River)
(on the) bank of a large river
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
Zhejiang Province (China)
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
the public; the world; rivers and lakes; (arch.) secluded place; (arch.) hermit's residence
type of faceted glass from Edo
Little Edo; town or neighbourhood with an old townscape reminiscent of Edo
bluish-violet; royal purple
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); (lit.) flowers of Edo
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
Yangtze and Yellow rivers; large river
Heilongjiang Province (China)
fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo
to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)
double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
Zhejiang financial clique; Sekko Zaibatsu; clique from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, influential in Shanghai finance from late 1920s through 1930s
Edo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period (usu. low-salt and made with rice koji)
type of faceted glass from Edo
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province
Edo chrysanthemum; variety of chrysanthemum originally cultivated in Edo; China aster (Callistephus chinensis)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); biwa salmon
saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus); estuarine crocodile
Edo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period (usu. low-salt and made with rice koji)
to (try to) act like a big-shot
Iris ensata; Edo Japanese iris
type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan; type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period
Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia
Edo geisha; geisha living and working inside Edo (not one of the red-light districts on its outskirts)
Edo geisha; geisha living and working inside Edo (not one of the red-light districts on its outskirts)
merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); (lit.) robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinesis)
sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo)
Namiye's frog (Limnonectes namiyei)
baiji (Lipotes vexillifer); Chinese river dolphin; Yangtze dolphin