mouth / opening / taste (in food), preference

used to count people / used to count bladed weapons or tools

mouth

to eat or drink / to say; to speak

shape or form / shapeliness: see 形有り (katachiari) / form, as opposed to substance

(linguistics) grammatical tense / (Japanese grammar) a conjugation form of a verb

one's clothing and appearance / one's body shape or form / one's circumstances or situation / the shape or form of something

following the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of a verb, indicates the state of the affixed verb or phrase: compare English just as

(kabuki, theater) Short for 女形 (onnagata)., a female role played by a male actor in kabuki theater

a shape / a form / a pattern, die, or model from which copies are made / collateral for borrowed money / on a coin, the side with writing on it