Meanings

tall lamp or candle stand

Formosan sika

lava plateau

stage scenery

nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

final performance

maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)

Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)

Censorate (Later Han and Song dynasty surveillance agency)

Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871)

Taiwan Expedition (punitive expedition by the Japanese military forces; 1874)

special viewing platform (even higher viewing platform)

influx of Taiwanese pop culture (into Japan)

Taiwanese (language)

big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight)

copy holder

free seat (e.g. a park bench)

aeronautical beacon

curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)

sawhorse