Short for 水戸黄門 (Mito Kōmon): a nickname of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the second daimyo of Mito Domain

Nickname of 菅原道真 (Sugawara no Michizane): Heian-period poet and politician

soft sound / dampening (of sound)

The katakana syllable クヮ (kwa). Its equivalent in hiragana is くゎ (kwa).

a surname

(of an engine) idling

(of an engine) idle

Old Japanese form of 蹴る (keru, “to kick”)

morning activities that fill time before a more important activity (work, etc.)

Synonym of 関東 (Kantō): the area east of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”) or the 函谷関 (Kankoku-kan, “Hangu Pass”)