past tense and perfective aspect of 言う (iu, yū) [godan]

nonetheless, although, be that as it may

in other words; what I (you, etc.) mean is

to startle; to surprise; to astonish

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

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

embodiment; materialization; concretization

to embody; to materialize; to concretize; to take form or shape

(idiomatic) to avoid being seen; to be clandestine

(Internet slang) avoiding search engines; making something difficult to reach via a search engine