a place name, especially the name of a village in Nara Prefecture / a surname / a male or female given name

history / the study of history

culture

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

the whole story, all of the details

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

Japan

(archaic) Japan

for a while, for a period of time

a while, a period of time