(history, government) a 律令 (ritsuryō) office under the 宮内省 (Kunaishō, “Ministry of the Imperial Household”), responsible for managing animal and plant oil production

Clipping of 後宮十二司 (Kōkyū Jūnishi).

(history, law enforcement) a 律令 (ritsuryō) position under the 刑部省 (Gyōbushō, “Ministry of Justice”), responsible for asset forfeiture

To be clothed in furs and ride in a carriage drawn by well fed horses. That is, the outfit in which rich people dress when they go out.

(organic chemistry) hippurate

Alternative spelling of 邪馬台国

(historical) Chinese equivalent of 准大臣 (Jun-daijin): title of an honorary grand minister equal to a vice-daijin; in the same honors between the 内大臣 (naidaijin, “minister of the center”) and the 大納言 (dainagon, “upper counselor”)

(historical) a title of Fujiwara no Korechika, Heian-period nobleman, who first assumed this post

(history) the twelve 律令 (ritsuryō) positions inside the Japanese imperial seraglio

begin with the lesser things to obtain the greater; he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin