(anatomy, formal) neck

(music) part

(school slang) (being a part of) the "going-home club" (i.e. not participating in any after-school clubs)

Kasukabe (a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan)

Clipping of 民部省 (Minbushō, “Ministry of Popular Affairs”).

Alternative spelling of 部曲

(of feudal Japan) Synonym of 式部省 (“Ministry of Ceremonial Affairs”) (designation by the Chinese) / (history, government, of feudal China) the Ministry of Personnel

(of feudal Japan) Clipping of 礼部省 (Reibushō, “Ministry of Ceremonies”). / (of feudal Japan) Synonym of 治部省 (Jibushō, “Ministry of Ceremonies”) (designation by the Chinese)

Clipping of 六十六部 (rokujūrokubu, “Buddhist pilgrimage involving carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to sacred sites in 66 provinces”).

(collective, history, government, of feudal China) the Six Ministries