a pattern, a design, especially one with diagonally crossing lines / a diagonal crossing / a flowery expression or turn of phrase / a plot, a scheme / a refrain or recurring phrase in a piece of music

text; writing; sentence

Short for 日本国 (Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia) / a surname

Japan

(archaic) Japan

nationwide

Kyūjitai form of 沖縄 (“Okinawa”)

Kyūjitai form of 縄索

period drama

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