(of feudal Japan) Synonym of 宮内省 (Kunaishō, “Ministry of the Imperial Household”) (designation by the Chinese) / (of pre-modern Japan) Clipping of 工部省 (Kōbushō, “Ministry of Public Works”).

bull / Short for ブルドッグ (burudoggu). / Short for ブルドーザー (burudōzā). / Short for ブルジョワ (burujowa).

Gibraltar (a peninsula and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

The katakana syllable ヴィ (vi). Its equivalent in hiragana is ゔぃ (vi).

Rare form of ブイ (bui, “vee”). The name of the Latin-script letter V.

Heian-period novelist, poet, and lady-in-waiting; famous for authoring The Tale of Genji

(informal) to leave out someone from a group

frilled shark

empty-handed / (specifically) without gifts

soul-searching