a surname

(music) hokyo, an instrument similar to the Chinese fangxiang

prefer / had better; would rather

be like, look like, seem like, as if, having the likeness of / (as 様に (yō ni)) I hope; I pray; may

(obsolete) in ancient Japan, the role driving away devils at a certain religious ceremony, or the driver of the hearse carrying the coffin of a deceased emperor

(Edo period) I; we

here and there

here and there

here and there

there are no words to describe it