Kyūjitai form of 持続

a male given name

(Buddhism) hand bell

to place on or above one's head / (humble) to receive; humble version of 貰う (morau, “to get, to receive”) / (humble) to take food or drink: to eat, to drink

a faction, a sect, a group that has branched off from a main group

(prewar, often considered derogatory in modern speech) China

a male given name

earthly branch

(collective, chiefly attributive) Japan and China

(obsolete) staying, residing in China