List: historical term

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• the Reformation

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• common foot soldier (feudal Japan), samurai of the lowest rank

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• hereditary social class (under system in use 1869-1947)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Privy Council (abolished in 1947)

search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• iai, art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
• iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• hereditary stipend

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• government-backed school operated by a scholar out of his home

noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  historical term 

• bonding, becoming closer, developing an affinity, familiarity
• close relation, close relative, close friend
• personal retainer, personal attendant, close aide

noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• bodyguards, elite guards, imperial guards
• Schutzstaffel, SS
• groupies, ardent fans

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Setsuyōshū (Muromachi-era Japanese dictionary)