southern Kyūshū (a region of Japan) / Minami Kyūshū (a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

(historical) Kōzuke (a province of Japan) / (by extension, poetic) Gunma (a prefecture of Japan)

(Buddhism) Rinzai school, one of the major sects of Zen Buddhism

(Buddhism) Ōbaku school, one of the major sects of Zen Buddhism

taking care of one's affairs before death

elimination of stenches

tradition

"Historical kana usage", a prescriptive method of using kana to write Japanese. Devised in the Edo period by Keichū (契沖) and taught in schools until 1946, it aims to be etymologically faithful and reflects earlier stages of the language (Heian period and earlier).

revisionism

comfort, ease, enjoyment / ease, simplicity