a crescent moon on the third day of a lunar month, especially on the eighth lunar month / (by extension) Short for 三日月形 (mikazuki-gata): a crescent moon in general

(music) those pieces of traditional Japanese music composed primarily for the 尺八 (shakuhachi) flute, but also including the 胡弓(こきゅう) (kokyū, “Japanese bowed lute with three or four strings”), and the 琴(こと) (koto)

Benxi (a city in China)

one's real character

core of the issue / this article

the main written work, book, or document / the real written work, book, or document / this or the aforementioned or the relevant written work, book, or document

(chiefly Kansai) truth; reality

a book published as an independent volume (as opposed to one of a series of publications)

pornographic publication (magazine, book, etc.); smut

(slang, euphemistic) doujinshi, especially those with adult themes