a mixed script of kanji and katakana, or a use of such script, that was common in formal writing, before modern orthographic reforms which favored hiragana over katakana for grammatical elements such as particles and inflectional affixes

(history) a syllabary with characters drawn from kanji, such as the 万葉仮名 (Man'yōgana), that is the precursor to hiragana and katakana

Kyūjitai form of 国家 (“nation”)

composer

lyricist

(music) performer, player

a cartoonist; a comics artist

(judo) judoka, A practitioner of the Japanese martial art of judo.

specialist; expert

politician, statesman / a natural political leader