dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district
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
parliament; congress; diet; house (of parliament, etc.); chamber
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
session (of a legislature)
kanji "fire" radical at bottom (radical 86)
to divide (by); to remove; to exclude
to be well-known; to be famous
to make a sale of government property
to applaud; to cheer (for)
moron; idiot; stupid person
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)