down; below; beneath

the lower portion, end / lowness in degree or rank / the downstream portion of a river / the downriver area / the area farther from the capital / the last part of a month, year, etc.

下書き: rough draft of a text / 下描き: rough sketch of a drawing

hermaphroditism

(historical) School of Naturalists

(history, government, astronomy, divination) a 律令 (ritsuryō) department under the 中務省 (Nakatsukasashō, “Ministry of the Center”), responsible for astronomical, timekeeping and divination affairs

(history, government, astronomy, divination) a 律令 (ritsuryō) department under the 中務省 (Nakatsukasashō, “Ministry of the Center”), responsible for astronomical, timekeeping and divination affairs

(history, government, astronomy, divination) a 律令 (ritsuryō) department under the 中務省 (Nakatsukasashō, “Ministry of the Center”), responsible for astronomical, timekeeping and divination affairs

a traditional body of Japanese esoteric cosmology; a mixture of natural sciences and occultism, based on the Chinese philosophies of Wu Xing and Yin and Yang.

teacher, master, one's mentor / religious leader