a specific kind of platform geta (wooden clog sandal) worn by maiko (apprentice geisha) during their apprenticeship, with a straight vertical heel and an angled toe (see the image), often lacquered in either black or red

beating to death

to beat to death

(obsolete) Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)

meeting / party; function

gathering; meeting / perceive; understand; comprehend / Alternative form of 絵 (e, “picture; drawing; painting”)

meet, assemble, gather / mediate

meeting / association / society

The hiragana syllable く (ku). Its equivalent in katakana is ク (ku). It is the eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行う段 (ka-gyō u-dan, “row ka, section u”).

消: disappear / 来: come / 繰: repeat