(anatomy) a supraspinatus muscle

a superior oblique muscle

a superior rectus muscle

an superior gemellus muscle

theoretical knowledge without practical experience; Literally, “swimming lessons on a tatami floor”

to utilize / (grammar) to inflect, to conjugate

step / rank; grade

(after a number) -th rank; -th degree black belt (in karate, judo, etc) / a section (horizonal line) in the gojūon table, which consists of kanas that have or historically have a same vowel

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the first and highest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the ten kana あ/ア (a), か/カ (ka), さ/サ (sa), た/タ (ta), な/ナ (na), は/ハ (ha), ま/マ (ma), や/ヤ (ya), ら/ラ (ra) and わ/ワ (wa)

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the fourth and second-lowest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana え/エ (e), け/ケ (ke), せ/セ (se), て/テ (te), ね/ネ (ne), へ/ヘ (he), め/メ (me), れ/レ (re) and ゑ/ヱ (we), and sometimes additionally 𛀁/𛄡 (ye)