Pingtung (a city in Taiwan)

Kyūjitai form of 東亜 (“East Asia”)

Dandong (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)

word puzzle where four kanji are arranged around a blank in the middle, and four 熟語 (jukugo, “kanji compounds”) are to be formed by filling in the blank.

(petrology) tuff

crush, break, sprain, discourage

三角定規: set square

極上: of the highest quality

暗黒時代: a historical period where social disorder is so great due to war, disease, political disorder etc. that there is little or no cultural development; Dark Ages

北上: to go north