technique, art, craft, performance / Short for 安芸国 (Aki no kuni, “Aki Province”).

observatory (place where celestial bodies are observed)

technique, art, craft, performance

welcome / to meet / to greet

tsukune (Japanese chicken or fish meatball)

額を突く: kowtow

敦子: a female given name / 厚子: a female given name / あつ子: a female given name

実子: a female given name

付く: to stick, to adhere / 着く: to arrive / 突く: to thrust / 吐く: (also はく, haku) to breathe, to tell lies (嘘を吐く, uso wo tsuku), to vomit, to disgorge

柄: handle; design; one's character / 銑: pig iron / 釻: