figure of speech

働き詞: (archaic, grammar) any word that declines or conjugates; (archaic, grammar) more specifically, a verb

Alternative spelling of 働き詞: (archaic, grammar) any word that declines or conjugates; (archaic, grammar) more specifically, a verb

(archaic, grammar) any word that declines or conjugates / (archaic, grammar) more specifically, a verb

floriography; the language of flowers

one's local dialect

tongue / reed of a woodwind (musical instrument) / clapper of a bell

(poetry) a pillow word, an epithet, specifically a poetic device where a certain introductory phrase is commonly used to allude to something else, traditionally used in 和歌 (waka, “traditional Japanese poetry”)

a cant or secret language of ladies-in-waiting in the imperial court, arising during the Muromachi period and later spreading to the general population / a word originally belonging to this cant

二律背反: (philosophy) antinomy