great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
male homosexuality; pederasty
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
many priests; (Heian era) monk-soldiers
enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism)
mobocracy; mob rule; ochlocracy
common talk; talk of the town; words of many people
assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.); (monks and laity of) the Jishū sect
Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); the four assemblies
filled with numerous sufferings
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)
male homosexuality; pederasty
numerous sufferings; suffering of many people