counter for cannons or large guns

a surname

doorway, exit and entrance / teaching institution / clan, family, kin / set of academic doctrines / Used in Sanskrit transliterations

a gate, portal / an entrance, gateway, opening / a clan, family, kin

(idiomatic) to have luck turn one's way

Alternative spelling of 開け胡麻 (“open sesame”)

open sesame!

(historical) a mountain checkpoint west of Kyoto, bordering the ancient provinces of Yamashiro and Omi

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”)

Shanhai Pass