city; town

in kambun, a type of kaeriten written as レ that indicates that the character should be returned to and read later; a return-mark

a Briton, a British person, a person from the United Kingdom

The katakana syllable レ (re). Its equivalent in hiragana is れ (re). It is the forty-second syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ラ行エ段 (ra-gyō e-dan, “row ra, section e”).

United Kingdom (a country in Europe) / (loosely, chiefly attributive) Synonym of ブリテン (Buriten, “Britain”) / (loosely) Synonym of イングランド (Ingurando, “England”) (region of Great Britain)

(in compounds) a star (luminous celestial body) / (by extension) an asterisk / a star (famous person in the media like an actor or athlete)

play dumb, feign ignorance / (slang) evade one's responsibilities, especially by failing to appear to perform a duty

(slang, Kansai) good for nothing, lazy, weak-willed

(slang, Kansai) a good-for-nothing

(astronomy) starburst galaxy