long absence, (honorific greeting) for when having not written or contacted one for a while

“a hundred days of sermonizing, one fart” → a metaphor for how something that one has put great effort into can come to nothing after even a slight mistake, much as a hundred days of serious spiritual study can be lost to the winds

(astrology, collective) the twelve zodiac signs

Kyūjitai form of 大日本帝国: Empire of Japan

(military, historical) the Imperial Japanese Army

(military, historical) the Imperial Japanese Navy

purifying water at the entrance of a shrine; bathroom, restroom

(honorific) husband (referring to someone else's husband, not one's own); master

Do you know (polite)

companion