an orthographic technique utilizing Chinese characters in a way that maps character semantics to Japanese words to write Japanese words

Dangun

(men's speech, nonstandard) you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors).

The hiragana syllable しょ (sho). Its equivalent in katakana is ショ (sho).

承知: consent, acceptance, assent, admitting, acknowledgment, compliance, agreement, awareness / 招致: invitation / 沼地: marshland, wetland, swampland / 勝地: beauty spot, scenic spot / 小智: shallow wisdom

初夏: beginning of summer / 書架: bookshelf / 書家: calligrapher

書画: paintings or writings in black ink

初年: The first year that something is begun; the early years of a period. / 所念: What one thinks, one's thoughts. / 初念: One's first thought or decision. / 諸念: Various thoughts.

他所, 他処: another place; moving to another place / 他書: another book

初回: first time