(Japanese phonology) a mora with an onset consonant, such as か (ka) or が (ga)

Short for 十六夜の月 (izayoi no tsuki): the moon just past the full moon, the start of the waning moon

the sixteenth night of the month under the lunar calendar, just after the full moon

Nymphaea lotus, the white Egyptian lotus

Compounds

(archaic, literary) to sleep with clothes overturned, as to meet their longed-for partner in a dream

stagehand in kabuki and bunraku (who dresses fully in black)

steam whistle

drop (of liquid); droplet

祝く, 寿く: congratulate, wish well / 惚く, 呆く: be senile or mentally slow