[とおかのきく, tookanokiku](exp) (See 重陽) something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth[Add to Longdo]
[ながおかきょう;ながおかのみやこ, nagaokakyou ; nagaokanomiyako](n) (See 平安京) Japanese capital founded by emperor Kammu in 784, but abandoned 10 years later in favour of Heian[Add to Longdo]