A stock phrase in Japanese pop culture supposedly used by the wife in a newly-wed couple to invite her new husband to bed.

Kyūjitai form of 私生児 (“illegitimate child”)

stagehand in kabuki and bunraku (who dresses fully in black)

steam whistle

drop (of liquid); droplet

祝く, 寿く: congratulate, wish well / 惚く, 呆く: be senile or mentally slow

北: (漢音; kan'on pronunciation)

飛び子: roe of the flying fish

The hiragana syllable きょ (kyo). Its equivalent in katakana is キョ (kyo).

居: residence / 挙: / 虚: / 距: / 裾: