辻

Japanese fortune cookie

Historical term

attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby

Historical term

street performance (in the Edo period)

Rare term

public lavatory

Rare term

stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money

Rare term

sign on a post (esp. containing information about a sight, warnings, congratulations, etc.)

Obsolete term

taxicab

taking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road

small shrine built at a crossroads