a surname

a surname

(music) those pieces of traditional Japanese music composed primarily for the 尺八 (shakuhachi) flute, but also including the 胡弓(こきゅう) (kokyū, “Japanese bowed lute with three or four strings”), and the 琴(こと) (koto)

one's real character

(chiefly Kansai) truth; reality

(Greek mythology) Crius

(Greek mythology) Clio

dusk, nightfall, sunset / about the end of a certain period of time / year-end

nightfall, sunset / near the end of a certain period of time / year-end

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