(linguistics) kana usage (orthography) / (linguistics) how letters or characters are read or pronounced ("used") / a method of writing (or "using") letters or characters

wastepaper basket

(grammar) personal pronoun

(grammar) demonstrative pronoun

abulia (absence of will-power or decisiveness)

granite

cat's eye; cymophane

Alternative form of 検非違使 (kebiishi)

"Historical kana usage", a prescriptive method of using kana to write Japanese. Devised in the Edo period by Keichū (契沖) and taught in schools until 1946, it aims to be etymologically faithful and reflects earlier stages of the language (Heian period and earlier).

expression, wording, way of speaking