(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
provincial governor (under the ritsuryo system, any of a group of officials, esp. the director)
to rule; to govern; to administer
Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker
district governor (Ritsuryo period)
Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system)