a surname

a surname

a surname

(baseball) stealing home

core of the issue / this article

a book published as an independent volume (as opposed to one of a series of publications)

the main written work, book, or document / the real written work, book, or document / this or the aforementioned or the relevant written work, book, or document

(music) those pieces of traditional Japanese music composed primarily for the 尺八 (shakuhachi) flute, but also including the 胡弓(こきゅう) (kokyū, “Japanese bowed lute with three or four strings”), and the 琴(こと) (koto)

one's real character

(chiefly Kansai) truth; reality