Meanings

all-purpose kitchen knife

cook

all-purpose kitchen knife

cook

rectangular-shaped thin-bladed knife (esp. used for vegetables)

Western-style kitchen knife (esp. with double-beveled blade)

cook

courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party)

quire (bookbinding)

being unfit for duty in the former Japanese military (due to failing the conscription physical)

knife sharpener

lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

old and lightly handicapped men (ritsuryō system)

men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system)

men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryō system)

young man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training

man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)

(wearing) a loincloth alone

snowrose (Serissa japonica)

both eloquent and skilled