etymology (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Kyūjitai form of 語源学: etymology

natural language understanding

body language

etymological

2.5D / (by extension, fandom slang) belonging to a grey area between "2D" (anime, etc.) and "3D" (live-action, etc.), such as voice actors

modern language / (especially in reference to Japanese) modern Japanese; Japanese in its current form, spoken since the Meiji era and based on the Tokyo dialect

A male given name of historical usage

(linguistics) language contact

to leave a message / to give instructions / to pass a message