southern Kyūshū (a region of Japan) / Minami Kyūshū (a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

(historical) Kōzuke (a province of Japan) / (by extension, poetic) Gunma (a prefecture of Japan)

(Buddhism) Rinzai school, one of the major sects of Zen Buddhism

(Buddhism) Ōbaku school, one of the major sects of Zen Buddhism

elimination of stenches

tradition

(cryptography) public key

(weaponry) a Japanese hand weapon or climbing tool, whereby metal hooks are strapped to the back of the forearm and hand

(Internet slang, offensive, derogatory) shotgun marriage

(idiomatic) to be noticeable; to attract notice; to be eye-catching