a brittle star

Rare spelling of 蜘蛛海星 (“brittle star”).

hiding or vanishing behind the clouds, said of, for example, the moon / a disappearance, going into hiding / the death of a person of great importance, such as a nobleman

to disappear, go into hiding

an unnumbered chapter in The Tale of Genji at the end of 幻 (Maboroshi, chapter 41), where the death of the protagonist Hikaru Genji can be implied

gathering clouds / (meteorology) altocumulus

(anatomy) arachnoid

mist, haze / foreglow or afterglow

joke around, goof around / (offensive) bullshit

Archaic form of 山城 (“Yamashiro Province, an old province of Japan”).