dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
supplementary charge; additional collection
prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
government-owned; state-owned
Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement
Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919)
Earth Dragon (5th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)
old maid; frump; hag; old woman
clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism
national finance; central government finance
Western civilization; Western civilisation
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally
parliament; congress; diet; house (of parliament, etc.); chamber
adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
session (of a legislature)
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
kanji "fire" radical at bottom (radical 86)
to divide (by); to remove; to exclude
to be well-known; to be famous
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter