(history, government, taxation) a 律令 (ritsuryō) department under the 民部省 (Minbushō, “Ministry of Popular Affairs”), responsible for collecting rice as taxes

(history, government, taxation) a 律令 (ritsuryō) department under the 民部省 (Minbushō, “Ministry of Popular Affairs”), responsible for collecting rice as taxes

(history, government) a 律令 (ritsuryō) position under the 宮内省 (Kunaishō, “Ministry of the Imperial Household”), responsible for collecting rice and paying it to officials

(history, government, carpentry) a 律令 (ritsuryō) woodworking position under the 宮内省 (Kunaishō, “Ministry of the Imperial Household”), responsible for building and maintaining court buildings

(physics, signal processing) quantization

a specimen, sample, test subject

(medicine) dose, dosage (quantity of medicine to be used)

good problem

(medicine) avian flu, bird flu, avian influenza

Alternative spelling of 鵞鳥