the censorship of words which are considered politically incorrect

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

a word, a term / language, speech

(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

illegitimacy (being born out of wedlock)

a privately-owned ricefield, especially one under the historical 律令 (Ritsuryō) system

Kyūjitai form of 私鉄 (“private railway”)

(formal) we, us

(honorific) we; us