Meanings

Kyoto-Otsu

Kyoto-Shiga

public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryō system)

standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm)

Nagoya-size tatami mat (approx. 182 cm by 91 cm)

Tokyoite

saikyo-yaki

western capital

saikyo-zuke

coming to a capital city (esp. Tokyo or Kyoto)

shrimp-shaped taro variety

traditional Kyoto dance

Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market yen exchange rate

Kyoyuzen dyeing

traditional Kyoto-style confectionery (often used in tea ceremony)

imperial palace

Peking man (Homo erectus pekinensis)

new capital

Beijing dialect of Standard Chinese as spoken during the Qing dynasty

returning (home) to Tokyo