月桃: shell ginger

shell ginger

monthly publication (such as a magazine)

monthly income

Kyūjitai form of 月経 (“menstruation”)

a short-necked fretted plucked lute with a round wooden body, derived from the Chinese yueqin and formerly used in the traditional music of Japan

menstruation

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

(historiography) Chinese local chronicle