(collective, chiefly attributive) Japan and Taiwan

(history, law enforcement) a type of 律令 (ritsuryō) law enforcement agency

(history, law enforcement) a type of 律令 (ritsuryō) law enforcement agency / (history, law enforcement) a type of law enforcement agency during the Meiji period

a tray on a point-of-sales system where money is temporarily placed for transfer from customer to cashier or vice versa

bagging table at a store

(architecture, furniture) a baldachin; a canopy bed; a curtained sleeping platform used by those of highest rank in shinden style shinden zukuri (寝殿造) residences of the aristocracy in the Heian period. Its origins are believed to date back to the 5th century. Often prefixed with the honorific mi (御 (michoudai 御帳台)), and sometimes abbreviated to michou (御帳). The base was a low lacquered platform about 2m x 2m in area and 39cm high called a hamayuka (浜床).

(telephone) switchboard

Taichung, Taiwan / Taichung, Taiwan

music stand

workbench