台

Historical term

pillory; stocks; gibbet

Rare term

abutment

Rare term

sawhorse; sawbuck

Rare term

center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)

Rare term

heart; soul

Sensitive; Obsolete term

hair loss; baldness; alopecia

Rare term

Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)

Rare term

water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam

Proverb; Rare term; From Tao Te Ching, also as 九層の台も累土より起こる

many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth

Rare term

sawhorse; sawbuck

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand

festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform

stage prop fashioned after a large building

Abbreviation

framework (of a building); foundation

Archaic

house (esp. a small and miserable one)

Abbreviation

dining table

Abbreviation; Archaic; Female; Secret language of court ladies

cooked rice

dining table

Archaic; Female; Secret language of court ladies

cooked rice

food set out on a stand; gift placed on a stand

Archaic

food brought on a large stand to a brothel by a red-light district caterer

your personal name

observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc.

Abbreviation

astronomical expert

place where the soul is located

astronomical expert

caterer in a red-light district

Honorific title

minister or general's wife who became a nun