獅子: the name of the lion dance 囃子 (hayashi, “musical accompaniment”) in various noh and kabuki plays; the first piece of music played in a 伎楽 (gigaku) performance (more commonly spelled 師子)

The hiragana syllable し (shi). Its equivalent in katakana is シ (shi). It is the twelfth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is さ行い段 (sa-gyō i-dan, “row sa, section i”).

conjunctive particle, separates items in a list of reasons / sentence-ending particle, indicating mild emphasis, and alluding to an inferable but deliberately omitted conclusion

third person personal pronoun; he, she, it / reflexive pronoun; one, oneself

(Classical Japanese) the adnominal form of Classical and Old Japanese き (ki, past tense auxiliary), equivalent to modern た

(Classical Japanese) The 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal or predicative form”) of the conjugable ending for 形容詞 (keiyōshi, “-i adjectives”).

stem or continuative form of する (suru)

mark, sign, indication, symbol

(formal) but, however

獅子座, しし座: Leo (constellation)