noun:

• man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryo system)

noun:

• obi for men's use; men's kimono sash

noun:

• brazier encased in a wooden box

adjective:

• few in number

noun / ~する noun:

• arise in great numbers

noun:

• early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)

noun:

• General Agreement on Trade in Services; GATS

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "bu"; "ba" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• drumming in the streets to announce a tournament - Sumo term
• announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets

noun:

• man in the street; common (ordinary) person

counter:

• counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) - archaism

noun:

• for women; women's article ➜ 女物

noun:

• pond in a garden - obscure term

noun:

• police box - obsolete term ➜ 交番

noun:

• going to famous sightseeing spots, ruins, etc. seeking inspiration for waka or haiku
• reciting or composing poetry while strolling

noun:

• women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (campaign) comfort women [literal] - euphemism

noun:

• responsibility or liability for a crime

noun:

• sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles

noun:

• counter in a sushi restaurant

noun:

• foodstuffs left over for many days

counter:

• counter for drops of liquid

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• warming something in a vessel placed in hot water

noun:

• agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between ➜ 口入れ屋
• flattery; flatterer
• Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18) ［慶安］

noun:

• last piece in a kabuki programme