(obsolete) Alternative spelling of オリーブ (“olive”)

(historical) A 1939 Japanese government policy applied to then Korean colony which forced Koreans to change their surnames to Japanese-style surnames; abolished in 1945.

(obsolete) in ancient Japan, the role driving away devils at a certain religious ceremony, or the driver of the hearse carrying the coffin of a deceased emperor

what happens twice will happen three times, if it happens twice it will happen again

(literary, attributive) a state of pure naturality, free from artifice

braces (device for straightening teeth)

(music) perfect fifth (interval between the first and second overtones or of seven semitones)

color fastness

(physics) absolute zero (coldest possible temperature, -273.15° Celsius)

happening once a year