applied physics

scholarship; learning; knowledge

surface; face (visible side of an object) / front (of a building), obverse side of a coin ("heads") / cover attached to a surface / outer clothing / facade; appearance; outside; exterior

table, chart, list / documents presented to a monarch from a vassal or other foreign dignitary

front of something

appearance / expression / surface / front / exterior / outward / outwardly / outward appearance / countenance

visual arts

impossible to understand, utterly confused

"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).

humanitarian