noun noun (generic)
- population
- number of items, articles, etc.
noun noun (generic)
- offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines
noun noun (generic)
- letters-to-the-editor column, readers' section
- space for correspondence, messages, etc.
polite language noun noun (generic)
- inviting another to one's home, office, etc., the trouble of coming (going)
noun noun (generic)
- box set at a gate of a home or near the front door, used for receiving deliveries of newspapers, mail, milk, etc.
noun noun (generic)
- ceremony for the repose of a soul
- ceremony to pray for the long life of the emperor, empress, crown prince, etc.
noun noun (generic)
- tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.
noun noun (generic)
- person entrusted with someone's money, belongings, land, etc.
- person in charge of someone taken into custody
noun noun (generic)
- near one's knee
- (by) one's side, (at) one's hand
- place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.), (under) the care (of)
- territory of a powerful person
- address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter
noun noun (generic)
- full house, sell-out
- putting up a sign forbidding entry, passage, etc.