(of feudal Japan) Synonym of 宮内省 (Kunaishō, “Ministry of the Imperial Household”) (designation by the Chinese) / (of pre-modern Japan) Clipping of 工部省 (Kōbushō, “Ministry of Public Works”).

Alternative spelling of 吏部

(obsolete) Intermountain Region (a region of the United States)

(professional) storyteller, raconteur / (historical) narrator in early imperial court

Kyūjitai form of 国家 (“nation”)

composer

lyricist

(music) performer, player

a cartoonist; a comics artist

(judo) judoka, A practitioner of the Japanese martial art of judo.