Meanings

(national) capital city

depending on the (one's) situation (circumstances)

prefectural capital

(Tokyo) party chapter

Little Kyoto

Kyoto Gozan

dodoitsu

provincial city

overcrowded city

dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

metropolitan governor

secondary capital city (of historical China)

six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)

urban legend

free city (of Germany)

commune (of medieval Europe)

Censorate (Ming and Qing dynasty surveillance agency)

old capital