passive, inactive, timid

(formal) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

"Historical kana usage", a prescriptive method of using kana to write Japanese. Devised in the Edo period by Keichū (契沖) and taught in schools until 1946, it aims to be etymologically faithful and reflects earlier stages of the language (Heian period and earlier).

歴史的仮名遣い, 歴史的仮名遣: historical kana orthography

precision / accuracy

(archery, rare) an archery target

(archery, rare) an archery target

adjective

drop

a prefecture in 東北 (Tōhoku) region of Japan; its capital city is 盛岡 (Morioka)