"Historical kana usage", a prescriptive method of using kana to write Japanese. Devised in the Edo period by Keichū (契沖) and taught in schools until 1946, it aims to be etymologically faithful and reflects earlier stages of the language (Heian period and earlier).

revisionism

a woman attendant in the imperial court; lady-in-waiting

(archaic) a woman attendant in the imperial court, きゅうじょ (kyūjo)

Alternative form of 女真 (“Jurchen”)

a female peddler

a female peddler

schoolgirl

(dated, literary, rare) female friend

Jurchen; Jurchens (a Tungusic people who inhabited the region of Manchuria until the 17th century, when they adopted the name Manchu)