ripple / (of tears) continuously flowing

(grammar) an inflectional category: the continuative or stem form for verbs, the adverbial form for adjectives

(linguistics) a morphological change of an initial syllable of the second word of a compound in Japanese from an unvoiced sound to a corresponding voiced one (more precisely, a change to the sound of corresponding kana with a 濁点).

federation; alliance; association

(grammar) an adnominal (attributive word: cannot be used predicatively and must precede a 体言 (taigen, “uninflecting word”) in Japanese grammar; examples are この (kono, “this”), 所謂 (iwayuru, “so-called”), 主たる (shu-taru, “main”), 単なる (tan-naru, “mere”), etc.)

to have compassion for, to have affection for

compassion, affection

(theology) purgatory

binary star

contraction, spasm of a muscle