(historical) Short for 日向国 (Hyūga-no-kuni): Hyūga Province, an old province of Japan, corresponding to modern Miyazaki Prefecture on the eastern coast of Kyushu

Short for 日向湖 (Hiruga-ko): one of the 三方五湖 (Mikata Goko, “Five Lakes of Mikata”) in Fukui Prefecture

a surname

(Buddhism) compassion / mercy; sympathy

indispensable, essential

indispensability, a must

(weather) drenching rains

Alternative form of 平屋

蛭: leech

plain weave fabric / part of a katana between its edge and ridge