(history) the Nara period (710 - 794 CE)

in the Nara period, a kind of private-sector school or house of 雅楽 (gagaku, “court music”) unaffiliated directly with the official court gagaku office

door; a plate placed on doorway

apartment, flat

accomplish, perform, fulfill

role

important, significant

importance, consequence, significance

age, era, period (of time) / the times, spirit of the age / antiquity / a time in one's life, one's days (in college etc.)

Short for 奈良県 (Nara-ken): Nara Prefecture / Short for 奈良市 (Nara-shi): the capital city of Nara in northern Nara Prefecture / a surname