long time, long period of time

(also ちょうしゃ) elder; senior; a virtuous person / rich person / leader of a lineage / (archaic) chief of a post station (shukuba) / (archaic) owner or leader of a brothel in a post station (shukuba)

leader of a group

(card games) in 花合わせ (hana-awase, “games played with hanafuda cards”), a 出来役 (dekiyaku, “meld”) of the boar, deer, and butterfly cards; worth five points in こいこい (koi-koi)

(literally) a townsperson / a tradesperson

a traditional Japanese townhouse (historically, often a merchant's residence) / a merchant household

(poetry) a long waka that follows the rule of alternating 5-7 morae and ending in 7-7 morae / (poetry) a tanka poem that is, for unknown circumstances, erroneously labeled a chōka

a surname

Synonym of ほととぎす

viewing around; viewing eagerly or impatiently