one of the full-sized kana, き (ki), ぎ (gi), し (shi), じ (ji), ち (chi), ぢ (ji), に (ni), ひ (hi), び (bi), ぴ (pi), み (mi) and り (ri), followed by one the small kana, ゃ, ゅ and ょ, to represent the palatalization of the mora

Kyūjitai form of 観世音: (Buddhism) Guanyin

an orthographic technique utilizing Chinese characters in a way that maps the Chinese pronunciation, or such an approximation, to Japanese sounds to write Japanese words

(in regard to Korean) a tense or fortis sound

warmth

graceful; affable

audio quality

Clipping of 太陰神(たいおんじん) (Taionjin): goddess of the moon and one of the eight central gods in the Onmyōdō religion

Clipping of 太陰神(だいおんじん) (Daionjin): goddess of the moon and one of the eight central gods in the Onmyōdō religion

a male given name