Setouchi Region: Region of Japan's inland sea (the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the four main islands of Japan) and coastal areas roundabout

local newspaper

Pseudonym used by a martial artist

(historiography) Chinese local chronicle

(historical) a temple name (posthumous names for Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese monarchs, used for worshiping them in their dedicated temples; often contains the characters 祖 (“ancestor”, founder of the dynasty) and 宗 (“lineage”))

local self-government, autonomy

(literary) to wail in sadness

(literary) wailing in sadness

Alternative spelling of アイゴー (aigō)

(monarchy) the title of a 宮家 (miyake, “cadet branch”), always suffixed with 宮 (no Miya), also used as a title for its patriarch and matriarch; not to be confused with 称号 (shōgō), which is constructed and used similarly