玄 - mysterious, occultness, black

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; porch; foyer; mud room

expert; professional; master; connoisseur

unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice

airport

The Agency for Buddhists and Foreigners (ritsuryō system)

side entrance

sledgehammer

Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis)

unpolished rice powder; brown rice flour

day of the boar in the tenth month

rug one steps onto from the foyer

Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens)