歴史・人物
武士・侍・江戸時代・鎖国・明治維新・戦後
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必修（8）
- 伝統芸能必修 浮世絵ukiyo-ewoodblock prints
- 歴史必修 元号gengothe Japanese era name
- 歴史必修 侍samuraithe warrior class of old Japan
- 歴史必修 城Japanese castlea castle of the warlord era
- 名所必修 広島と平和記念公園Hiroshima Peace Memorial Parkthe park in the middle of Hiroshima built where the city was destroyed
- 名所必修 皇居と二重橋Kokyowhere the Emperor lives, on the site of Edo Castle
- 名所必修 東京タワーTokyo Towerthe red and white broadcasting tower built in 1958
- 名所必修 姫路城Himeji Castlethe white castle in Hyogo, the best-preserved original keep in Japan
標準（53）
- 伝統芸能標準 奥の細道Oku no HosomichiBasho's travel account of the deep north
- 伝統芸能標準 絵巻emakithe painted handscroll you unroll section by section
- 伝統芸能標準 鳥獣戯画choju gigathe twelfth-century animal scrolls often called Japan's first manga
- 着物標準 家紋kamonfamily crests
- 工芸標準 日本刀nihontothe Japanese sword
- 年中行事標準 建国記念の日kenkoku kinen no hiNational Foundation Day, February 11th
- 年中行事標準 憲法記念日kenpo kinenbiConstitution Memorial Day, May 3rd
- 年中行事標準 昭和の日とみどりの日Showa Day and Greenery Daythe two late-April holidays that swapped names and dates
- 年中行事標準 天皇誕生日tenno tanjobithe Emperor's Birthday, a holiday whose date changes with the reign
- 食べもの標準 南蛮菓子nanban-gashithe sweets the Portuguese brought in the 1500s
- 食べもの標準 洋食yoshokuWestern-style dishes invented in Japan
- 歴史標準 1964年の東京オリンピックthe 1964 Tokyo Olympicsthe games that announced Japan's recovery
- 歴史標準 そろばんsorobanthe Japanese abacus
- 歴史標準 バブル経済the bubble economythe asset price bubble of the late 1980s
- 歴史標準 応仁の乱the Onin Warthe eleven-year conflict that opened Japan's age of civil war
- 歴史標準 街道と宿場kaido and shukubathe Edo highways and their post towns
- 歴史標準 関ヶ原の戦いthe Battle of Sekigaharathe 1600 battle that decided who would rule Japan for 265 years
- 歴史標準 関東大震災the Great Kanto Earthquakethe 1923 earthquake and fires that destroyed Tokyo and Yokohama
- 歴史標準 遣唐使kentoshithe missions Japan sent to Tang dynasty China
- 歴史標準 江戸時代the Edo periodJapan's 260 years of self-imposed peace and isolation
- 歴史標準 高度経済成長the high growth eraJapan's postwar economic boom
- 歴史標準 国宝と重要文化財national treasures and important cultural propertieshow Japan designates what it protects
- 歴史標準 黒船kurofunethe American warships that forced Japan to open its ports in 1853
- 歴史標準 寺子屋terakoyathe neighborhood schools of the Edo period
- 歴史標準 失われた30年the lost decadesthe long stagnation after the bubble
- 歴史標準 集団就職shudan shushokuthe mass migration of young workers to the cities after the war
- 歴史標準 城下町jokamachia town laid out around a castle
- 歴史標準 信長・秀吉・家康Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasuthe three who unified Japan
- 歴史標準 戦国時代the Sengoku periodJapan's age of civil war
- 歴史標準 天皇tennothe Emperor of Japan
- 歴史標準 日本国憲法the Constitution of Japanthe postwar constitution
- 歴史標準 忍者ninjathe covert agents of feudal Japan
- 歴史標準 廃藩置県haihan-chikenthe abolition of the feudal domains
- 歴史標準 富国強兵fukoku kyoheithe Meiji-era slogan "rich country, strong army"
- 歴史標準 平家物語the tale of the heikethe war tale about the fall of a clan, recited to the lute
- 歴史標準 万葉集manyoshuJapan's oldest surviving poetry collection
- 住まい標準 囲炉裏irorithe open hearth sunk into the floor
- 住まい標準 町家machiyathe narrow deep townhouse of an old merchant quarter
- 住まい標準 長屋nagayathe Edo row house where most townspeople lived
- 現代の暮らし標準 ヤクザyakuzaorganized crime in Japan, and why the offices have nameplates
- 季節標準 森林の国shinrin no kunihow much of Japan is forest
- 名所標準 お台場Odaibathe waterfront district built on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay
- 名所標準 銀座Ginzathe expensive shopping district named after a silver mint
- 名所標準 高山Takayamathe mountain town in Gifu with preserved merchant streets and festival floats
- 名所標準 首里城と沖縄Shurijothe palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Okinawa
- 名所標準 上野公園Ueno Parkthe Tokyo park holding the national museums, the zoo and the cherry trees
- 名所標準 長崎と出島Nagasaki and Dejimathe port that was Japan's only window to Europe, and the second atomic bombing
- 名所標準 東京駅の駅舎Tokyo Stationthe red brick station building of 1914, restored in 2012
- 名所標準 二条城Nijojothe Kyoto castle where the shogun gave power back to the Emperor
- ポップカルチャー標準 紙芝居kamishibaithe paper theater a storyteller carried on a bicycle
- ポップカルチャー標準 時代劇jidaigekithe period drama set before the Meiji era
- 神道標準 日本神話Nihon shinwathe myths in Japan's oldest books
- 仕事標準 女性管理職women in managementhow few women hold senior posts
応用（49）
- 伝統芸能応用 寝殿造shinden-zukurithe palace style of the Heian aristocracy
- 伝統芸能応用 琵琶biwathe lute that carried Japan's war tales
- 伝統芸能応用 方丈記と徒然草Hojoki and Tsurezuregusathe two other great Japanese essay collections
- 伝統芸能応用 枕草子Makura no SoshiThe Pillow Book
- 武道応用 道場破りdojo-yaburithe movie trope of a stranger challenging a rival dojo to a duel
- 着物応用 十二単junihitoethe layered court robes of the Heian period
- ことば応用 儒教jukyoConfucian ideas as they took root in Japan
- 工芸応用 刀鍛冶katana kajithe swordsmiths who still forge Japanese blades by hand
- 工芸応用 民芸運動the mingei movementthe 1926 movement that found beauty in everyday objects made by unnamed craftspeople
- 妖怪応用 陰陽道onmyodothe court's system of divination and calendar making
- 妖怪応用 丑三つ時ushimitsu dokithe dead of night, around two in the morning, when spirits were said to appear
- 歴史応用 君が代kimigayothe national anthem, and why it is argued about
- 歴史応用 憲法9条Article 9the war-renouncing article of the constitution
- 歴史応用 源氏物語The Tale of Genjian eleventh-century court novel
- 歴史応用 古墳kofunancient burial mounds
- 歴史応用 広島と長崎Hiroshima and Nagasakithe atomic bombings and how they are remembered
- 歴史応用 国学kokugakuthe Edo-period study of Japan's own classics
- 歴史応用 鎖国sakokuthe closed country policy
- 歴史応用 参勤交代sankin kotaithe alternate attendance system
- 歴史応用 人力車jinrikishathe two-wheeled passenger cart Japan invented and exported
- 歴史応用 戦後の女性の地位の変化women's status since 1945what changed and what did not
- 歴史応用 戦後の占領the OccupationJapan under Allied administration
- 歴史応用 潜伏キリシタンhidden christiansthe Christians who kept the faith through 250 years of prohibition
- 歴史応用 太平洋戦争the Pacific WarJapan in the Second World War
- 歴史応用 大正デモクラシーTaisho democracythe liberal current of the 1910s and 1920s
- 歴史応用 鉄砲伝来teppo denraithe arrival of the matchlock gun in 1543 and how fast Japan copied it
- 歴史応用 縄文と弥生Jomon and YayoiJapan's two prehistoric periods
- 歴史応用 藩校hanko domain schoolthe schools each domain ran for its samurai
- 歴史応用 武士の登場the rise of the samuraihow warriors took over government
- 歴史応用 武士道bushidothe way of the warrior
- 歴史応用 文化財の制度cultural property systemhow Japan designates national treasures and protects its heritage
- 歴史応用 文明開化bunmei kaikathe rush to westernize
- 歴史応用 平安時代the Heian periodthe age of the court aristocracy
- 歴史応用 明治維新the Meiji Restorationthe transformation that rebuilt Japan in decades
- 歴史応用 蘭学rangakuDutch learning during the closed country period
- 歴史応用 和算wasanthe mathematics developed in Edo-period Japan
- 住まい応用 団地danchipostwar public housing estates
- 現代の暮らし応用 アイヌthe Ainuthe indigenous people of northern Japan, recognized in law only in 2019
- 現代の暮らし応用 沖縄の米軍基地US bases in Okinawawhy most US military facilities in Japan are on one small island
- 現代の暮らし応用 原発と再稼働nuclear power in Japanwhat happened to Japan's reactors after 2011, and where policy stands now
- 現代の暮らし応用 皇位継承imperial successionwho can become emperor, and the shortage of people who qualify
- 現代の暮らし応用 死刑capital punishmentwhy Japan still has capital punishment, and how it is carried out
- 現代の暮らし応用 部落差別buraku discriminationdiscrimination against people linked to certain communities, based on ancestry alone
- 現代の暮らし応用 靖国神社Yasukuni Shrinethe Tokyo shrine for Japan's war dead, and why prime ministers' visits are disputed
- 名所応用 軍艦島gunkanjimathe abandoned coal island off Nagasaki
- 名所応用 百舌鳥・古市古墳群mozu furuichi kofunthe giant keyhole tombs you cannot go inside
- 神道応用 国家神道kokka shintothe state administration of shrines from 1868 to 1945
- 神道応用 八幡宮hachimangushrines of the warrior deity
- 仕事応用 終身雇用shushin koyolifetime employment