手

Dated term

slight wound; minor wound

Rare term

stable boy; stable hand; groom

Rare term

Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street

Rare term

slaughterer; butcher

Rare term

computer (person who makes calculations)

Rare term

archer's bracer; archer's armguard

Rare term

utterly lacking (in ability); hopeless; useless; poor

Buddhism

distance between the thumb and middle finger of an extended hand

Rare term

archer's bracer; archer's armguard

Rare term

small, shallow dish

teahouse that introduces clients to prostitutes

Rare term

sole agency authority

Rare term

loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora)

Rare term

lophophorate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell)

Derogatory

midwife

greediness; avariciousness

techniques for arresting criminals (Edo period)

Dated term

mobile phone application installed without carrier approval (esp. on feature phones); unofficial app

Rare term

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

maple (tree)

Rare term

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.); master; mistress

Rare term

citron (Citrus medica)

Rare term

switchman; pointsman; rail transport worker who operated railway switches (points)