ingenious, skillful, clever

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.

real name

red lead

A historical form of Japanese writing. Text is written entirely in kanji, with functional morphemes written in smaller-sized man'yōgana.

(historical) a daimyo who became hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa just before or after the Battle of Sekigahara

lively; active / fulfilling; worthwhile / destiny; fate

spool used to collect spun thread / generally / wholly

a light / a lit flame (such as of a candle or torch) / (historical, obsolete) under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of the Heian period, a kind of scholarship granted to university students

(archaic) Alternative form of 灯 (tomoshibi)