portrait of a sumo tournament champion

kowtow

(swords) an inscription where a blade is shortened and a rectangular metal piece bearing the original inscription is cut out from the removed portion and embedded in the new tang

(historical) sangaku (ema on which is written an original maths (和算) problem and solution)

The hiragana syllable ふ (fu). Its equivalent in katakana is フ (fu). It is the twenty-eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行う段 (ha-gyō u-dan, “row ha, section u”).

expresses an ongoing state / expresses reptition

賦: fu (Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry) / 麸, 麩: wheat bran; wheat gluten; foods made from wheat gluten, somewhat similar to bread

不: un-, non-, in-

船: ship, vessel, large ship / 舟: boat, ship, small ship

札: card, tag