foundation, basis, basic fundamentals

(publishing, printing) folio (large book made from sheets of Mino washi paper folded in half)

scriptwriter, playwright

a Japanese wolf, Canis lupus hodophilax

pornographic publication (magazine, book, etc.); smut

Synonym of 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire belly newt”)

a Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus)

a Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

Alternative form of サイフォン (saiphon, “siphon”) (a bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other)

(humanities) Japanology