(grammar) The Classical Japanese bigrade verb conjugation class, consisting of the two subclasses of 上(かみ)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper-bigrade conjugation”) and 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower-bigrade conjugation”)

(Classical Japanese grammar) a verbal conjugation class consisting of four alternating bases: -a, -i, -u, and -e

(linguistics, uncommon) trigrade conjugation / (informal) 3-step process

basis, foundation / (martial arts) kihon

the Japanese language

shape, form, style

to utilize / (grammar) to inflect, to conjugate

as far as ... is concerned; in terms of ...

a target, a mark, a bullseye / an objective, an object (of doing something)

(Classical Japanese grammar) a verbal conjugation class with the following inflections: -e/-e/-u/-uru/-ure/-e[yo]