Meanings

Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on post-Jin and Yuan teachings

Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)

Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on pre-Jin and Yuan teachings

Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)

direction indicator

type of bamboo

large hanging paper lantern (used in bathhouses, yose theatres, izakaya, etc.)

Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo)

ehōmaki

ways of sitting

forward voltage drop (e.g. in a semiconductor)

fractional anisotropy

forward voltage (e.g. of a semiconductor)

dialects of Japanese spoken in Western Tottori prefecture and Eastern Shimane prefecture

dialectology

geographical name

Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)

God of directions (generic terms referring to many different Gods)

Edo-period office in charge of compiling the traditional calendar, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.

place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction