(obsolete) the guard at the end of the grip of a sword or polearm

Same as とりこしぐろう (torikoshi gurō) above.

an alien (life form of non-Earth origin) / Synonym of 宇宙飛行士 (uchū hikōshi, “astronaut”) (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose)

(Classical Japanese) Used to form the stative of verbs.