(Shinto, Japanese mythology, agriculture) one of the eight agricultural offenses that is said to have been committed in the 高天原 (Takamagahara, “Plain of High Heaven”), notably by the unruly god 素戔嗚 (Susanoo), namely 畔放 (ahanachi, “breaking down ridges”), 溝埋 (mizoume, “covering ditches”), 樋放 (hihanachi, “releasing irrigation sluices”), 重播 (shikimaki, “double planting”), 串刺 (kushisashi, “setting up stakes”), 生剥 (ikehagi, “skinning alive”), 逆剥 (sakahagi, “skinning backward”) and 糞戸 (kusohe, “defecation”)

light opera, operetta

aluminium

light industry

kei truck, Japanese mini truck

(historical) a kind of hakama popular in the 16th and 17th centuries: loose baggy trousers gathered at the cuff

Synonym of レプトン (reputon, “lepton”) (elementary particle)

light cavalry

gas lighter than air

Short for 軽騎兵 (keikihei): light cavalry