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Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30)

to go back

five most important temples of a region

people from Kansai

general secretary (of a communist party, esp. the leader of China or North Korea)

First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)

member of an organized crime group

corporate embezzlement

to notice

bondage torture where the bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, with the rope tightened until their ankles touch their neck

East China Sea

comeback (e.g. in business)

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord)

to carry to extremes

person missing at least one hand

roast giblets

Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)

trick that may deceive a child

audience seating

to be thrown in jail

to let (someone) play

to look sour

failing to be elected

ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)

to do by the use of

the hardest thing of all

forbidden fruit

slow to act

good conductor (of heat, etc.)

sequential art or pictures (type of printed, graphic storytelling, differentiated from manga by its liberal use of page space, often only one panel per page, and sparing use of dialogue)