popular irregular reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) historical term
- handcuffs, manacles
- confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment)
popular noun noun (generic) historical term
- lowdown, inside information, hidden circumstances, inside facts, inner workings, undisclosed circumstances
- inner curtain (in a military encampment)
popular JLPT N1 honorific language noun noun (generic) historical term
- nobleman, dignitary, lord
- feudal lord (of the Edo period), daimyo
- man brought up away from the world, arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- military commander
popular noun noun (generic) historical term
- elderly woman
- senior lady-in-waiting
popular historical term noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- communications (e.g. post, telegraph)
- Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
popular noun noun (generic) historical term
- white clothes, white robe
- white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.)
- commoner without rank (in ancient China)
- layperson
popular irregular kanji usage historical term noun noun (generic)
- feudal lord, daimyo
popular noun noun (generic) historical term
- general resemblance, being largely the same
- uniting with a common goal
- Daidล era (806.5.18-810.9.19)
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- (medieval) knight
- samurai on horseback