papyrus (plant in the sedge family)

an underground channel or tunnel with a rectangular cross-section

nail biting

to chew, to digest / to fully appreciate, to fully understand

(history, government) the chief of the 内匠寮 (Takumiryō, “Carpentry”)

(history, government) the head of the 内蔵寮 (Kuraryō, “Treasury”)

Alternative form of 神漏美 (kamiromi)

(possibly dialect, Tōhoku) any of various writing systems claimed to predate Japan's adoption of Chinese characters and perpetuated by feudal scholars, but widely discredited by modern scholars

(Shinto) the gods of calamity or misfortune

traveling while deliberately not paying a fare, fare dodging