[ひら;ヒラ, hira ; hira] (n) (1) something broad and flat; palm of the hand; (2) common; ordinary; (3) (abbr) (See 平社員) low-ranking employee; freshman; novice; private #1054
[たけ, take] (n) (1) bamboo; (2) middle (of a three-tier ranking system); (P) #1867
[rankingu] (n) (1) ranking; (2) toplist (e.g. of WWW sites); (P) #1896
[まつ, matsu] (n) (1) pine tree; (2) highest (of a three-tier ranking system); (P) #2066
[むち, muchi] (n, n-suf) (hon) (arch) lord; god; goddess; honorific title for deities (and high-ranking people) #2288
[じょうい, joui] (n, adj-no) (1) superior (rank not class); ranking; (n) (2) { comp } higher order (e.g. byte); (3) { comp } host computer (of connected device); (P) #2360
[そつ, sotsu] (n) (1) low-ranking soldier; (2) (abbr) (See 卒業) graduation; (3) (abbr) (See 卒族) low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); (4) (abbr) (See 卒去) death (of a noble, etc.) #4299
[うめ(P);むめ(ok);ウメ, ume (P); mume (ok); ume] (n) (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (P) #4787
[たゆう, tayuu] (n) (1) (See 能太夫) high-ranking Noh actor; (2) head of a school of noh performance; (3) high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); (4) (See 浄瑠璃, 万歳・まんざい) joruri narrator; manzai narrator; (5) (See 女形) female role actor in kabuki; (6) (See 御師) low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine; (7) (太夫 only) lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank) #6515
[よびだし, yobidashi] (n, vs) (1) (See 呼び出す・よびだす・1) call; summons; (n) (2) sumo usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; (3) (abbr) (See 呼び出し電話) telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (4) (arch) (See 陸湯) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (5) (arch) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (6) (arch) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period); (P) #9734