fourth division of the night (approx. 1am to 3am)
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
youth; young man who has reached adulthood (conscription age)
servant; janitor; messenger
adulthood (i.e. age 20 in Japan); one's majority
Fire Rabbit (4th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047)
A, B, C and D; first, second, third and fourth
man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryo system)
man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryo system)
Fire Snake (54th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryo system)
being unfit for duty in the former Japanese military (due to failing the conscription physical); person who is unfit for military duty
T-square (technical drawing instrument)
old and lightly handicapped men (ritsuryo system)
men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryo system)
men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryo system)
young man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training; man with no title and no rank (under the ritsuryo system); commoner