御

dining table

Archaic; Female; Secret language of court ladies

cooked rice

female usher at traditional Kansai theatrical events

Food, cooking

starchy solution formed during rice cooking

Idiomatic expression

to flatter a higher-up; to suck up to; to curry favour; to brush the dirt from a beard

Buddhism

Lord Buddha; The Buddha

otōri; drinking circle with a cup passed around and chugged (custom in the Miyako Islands, Okinawa)

Poetical term

power (of the Emperor); Emperor's might

flag

Imperial car (automobile, railway car, etc.)

Company name

Misonoza Theatrical Corporation

Product name

Gozenshu (brand name for a sake)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)

Historical term

immediate vassal (of the shogun; Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

Historical term

low-ranking vassal (of the shogun; Edo period)

Historical term

doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

Historical term

maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

Historical term

land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate

Historical term

okoso-zukin; kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji

Historical term

Censorate (Later Han and Song dynasty surveillance agency)

Historical term

Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace

Historical term

special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

Historical term

doll used as part of a street performance (Edo period)

Historical term

inauguration ceremony of a new Ryukyuan high priestess

Historical term

sword tester (Edo period); executioner