jpdb beta

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

male homosexuality; pederasty

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

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)